Blanket over face!

[FreddieBear17]

My ds is 6.5mo and WILL NOT sleep with out a blanket fully covering his face. I've tried getting him used to just holding and rubbing the blanket on the side of his face to soothe him but he just won't have it. At the minute he is sleeping on the other half of my double bed as I am terrified to leave him in his own room incase he suffocates. ( I know this is bad and people will frown, but I feel it is a much safer option.) I am hardly sleeping as I am constant checking he is breathing and slightly lifting the blanket up to give him air. Even when he's in a deep sleep he pulls it back and cries if I remove it off of his face. I just don't know what to do

Try a muslin instead? They are pretty much breathable?

I tried with a thin blanket with breathable holes, slightly thicker than a muslin cloth, but he seems to be attached to just one blanket I have lost count with the amount of blankets he has and will only settle with the one. The one he has is a soft fuffy fleece material and I think it is the feel of it on his face that comforts him.

Take it away. You'll have a couple of nights / naps of nonsense and then he'll be fine. We went cold turned on dummies at this stage.

I apparently used to do this as a baby, my DM got so sick of people peering into the pram and worriedly telling her that the blanket was over my face. I have the opposite problem in that DD kicks off any blankets and hates her sleeping bag. Could you try to replace his blanket with a small silky handkerchief or cut a small section of blanket? You will have a tough few days but at least then it probably won't stay covering his face while he sleeps even if he puts it there

I have the same thing with mine...it's like a comfort thing but have managed to successfully swap the blanket for a muslin! Maybe just persevere until he gets used to a muslin instead...fingers crossed he will!

Has he always slept with this fleece over his face, right from being newborn?

I would worry about overheating, as much as suffocating. If I have my head under a blanket for any more than a few minutes the warmth of my breath makes it really hot under there.

I guess I need to try harder with a muslin then. I just hate making him so upset. He really does throw a screaming tantrum to the point where he is red in the face and struggles to catch his breathm Thank you all for replying.

No this did not start from birth. He did have a dummy up to about 3 months but was never a big fan. I wanted to try comfort him with a blanket instead as that was my comfort as a baby. Although the comfort for me was holding it on my cheek, not covering my entire face. I guess it's my own fault

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Both of mine have done this, apparently I used to do it as a baby too!

How did you deal with it? PinglePongle

My son has done it with a cellular blanket since he was a baby and he's almost 4 now.

Same as you tried to take it away and he was hysterical. He also sleeps with one of my tshirts (for the past year or so).

Is it breathable material?

If you don't want to do total cold turkey, I would cut the blanket into small pieces, too small to completely cover his head - then he can still hold it and rub it on his face. He will complain at first but hopefully adjust. Plus you will have lots of spares!

Can you maybe cut a small piece that he can hold, that is less likely to cover his whole face?

www.mothercare.com/knitted/star-chenille-knitted-blanket/LGA773.html?dwvar_LGA773_color=Pink&cgid=bedding_blanket_knitted#start=11

I managed to find the exact one, this is what he uses. I have tried him with a cellular but did not succeed. He has got many cellular blankets and muslin clothes and neither do the trick at the moment. I will have to try harder.

Cutting into small pieces seems like a very good idea, I will have to try this!

You could cut it down slowly - first give him half a blanket, then a quarter, then an eighth. Hopefully he won't notice too much of a difference.

I cut the blanket graduallly over a few days so that she ended up with a little square.

If you're only 3 months into using it, then I'd say you've got a decent chance work on an alternate comforter.

How about tying the whole blanket in a giant knot? It means he can still have the feel of the blanket it he wants.

That also sounds a good idea. I think I will try that before I cut it into pieces. Thank you i don't know why I didn't think of any of these ideas

My dd done this she is now 1next month and I've managed to pull some away she has it on one of her eyes ... :) I just left her and slowly pulled some from the face so she could breath x