6 month old baby and comforter

[Bellyrub1980]

My baby (just turned 24 weeks) is going through a sleep regression and and trying to teach her to fall asleep on her own. Putting her to bed tired but awake, controlled crying with a dummy and a comforter (a very soft blankie type thing, about the size of a Muslim square).

I'm confident she's ready for this process and she's getting there. Today for her first nap she only needed 3 visits (after 2,3 & 4 minutes) and she fell asleep! Yay!

My question is, is it safe to leave her with the comforter? I've always avoided it in the past due to the fear she might stuff it into her mouth. But I feel that's unlikely now. What are the guidelines about this? I've just phoned the health visitor and asked lots of questions but forgot to ask this one!!

Leaving her with the blanket comforter you mean?

Oh good question, I'm not sure. I know that comforter toys and blankets are often things parents 'work on' to get baby to form a sleep attachment to, so would imagine that many parents use them from a very young age. Younger than 6 months.

One of my sons had a sleep attachment to a toy, his Ted. But that attachment wasn't formed until he was about 9 months and in his own room. It was just a toy in his cot (amongst lots) that he chose to attach to. By that age, it's not unusual to leave safe toys in the cot with a baby.

I assume the toy you have chosen is suitable from birth and is not 3+ (as some soft toys are)?

I would say as long as the comforter is suitable from birth, then you'll be fine from 6 months to leave with baby unattended. But I don't know what official recommendations would be.

Thank you for that reply. The toy is for 0+ and she does use it to help her fall asleep in her buggy.

Infact it's this...

m.marksandspencer.com/mt/www.marksandspencer.com/bunny-deluxe-soft-pink-comforter-toy/p/p22284620#prodinfo13

So it's designed for that purpose I think.

At the moment, anything that makes controlled crying easier for her is worth it! I just don't want to put her at risk. She doesn't move about much in her cot yet!

My DD (13 months) has that exact comforter and has done from being very little. I was always a little worried about her putting it on her face and not being able to get it off but by the time she could pull it on her head, she could pull it off. DD has also been known to chew on her comforter and I've never noticed any fluff, etc come off. Products designed for 0+ are usually very safe. Just be prepared to have a couple of them whilst ones in the wash.

SIDS advice says nothing in the cot til 6 months. Should be fine now though as she can move her head/ pull it away etc. Good luck with the cc. It's not fun but the sleep on the other side us blissful for everyone!

Thank you. She's in there now asleep with that and a little teddy

This one... m.marksandspencer.com/mt/www.marksandspencer.com/bear-comforter-soft-toy/p/p22344879#prodinfo13

Because she likes something either side of her head for some reason!

Your posts have really reasurred me!

After 2 controlled crying naps tonight she went to sleep after about 30 seconds of crying!! I'm astounded!! Just need to see what happens when she wakes up in a few hours!!

Now I just have to ignore my paranoia about her dummy spontaneously breaking inside her mouth!!

COMFORTER ADVICE

so my little girl is nearly 6 months next week and she's not sleeping so great in the night.

I'm thinking about weaning her off the dummy as I'm forever putting it back in does anyone have any suggestions for that or is it best cold turkey?

Also she has a comforter now as soon as she has a comforter she goes sleep! But as soon as she's nodded off and I remove it she wakes up! Is she old enough to have a comforter unsupervised obviously just don't want her smothering herself!!

Thank you!