When to start using baby comforter
How To Make Baby Sleep | Tips On When To Introduce The Comforter | WARNING To Soon Will Cause Dramas
I'm going to give you some tips today on
the comforter or the blankie I'm a firm
believer in the power of the blankie
simply because babies require some type
of prop or some type of comfort to put
themselves to sleep and just like we do
we rely on our pillow and babies are
pretty much the same they rely on
something to help them go to sleep and
in some cases it can be mom it can be
done it can be the breast it can be the
bottle um but in other cases it could be
the comforter so I'll give you some tips
moving forward on how to introduce it
when to introduce it but I'll just show
you my boys comforters when what they've
got and what they've had since they were
babies this is no other see seven and a
half years old and as you can see
they're pretty well used and this is
Cruise's it's not much of anything and
it doesn't Lee didn't look like these
six and a half years ago but he really
loves it and he's attached to it so the
best age to introduce it is probably
anywhere between four and five months
are all bunks Bob's a little bit more
active that out of a swaddle you can
introduce it earlier but probably not to
sleep with so anything from four to five
months of age is a good age and it takes
time so that's probably my biggest tip
it's really it takes time you know got
to be really consistent and you got to
be patient it can take as early as two
weeks for an attachment to it happen or
as long as months you know it can take
anywhere from two to six months for a
bun to take place so and the way they
create that bond is have the comforter
with them 24/7
they really don't get the opportunity to
switch off and not see this so when
you're in the car have it in the car
when you're in the pram have it in the
pram when you're at home and then tummy
time or they're just having a bit of a
play just have it around when you're
changing the nappy have it on their
tummy when you're feeding especially
when you're feeding have it draped over
you chances are when you're feeling bugs
probably peeking or twitching or pulling
or twirling put their hand on the
comforter and they'll start to use that
comforter as their association and it
would really start to help with that
bond also if you've got a dummy you can
attach it to the comforter as well
especially for toddlers that might help
but as they get a little bit older they
can start to find their dummy a lot
easier
looking for the comforter my other big
tips as well is buy two
now as you can see we know is it's been
really well used
so it used to look like this but I've
had to patch it up so by two if you have
to go to daycare or you drop off at nan
& pops or you go into the shops or you
ever god forbid lost one you've always
got that back up at home also make sure
there's soft really soft babies will
like to play with it and flick it and
play with it and pull it around and if
it's got a heavy something in it that's
heavy or if it's got a teething ring on
it it can become quite dangerous it's
like a weapon so just be mindful of what
you buy it doesn't have any attachments
to it and it's really soft and small ish
so this is probably a good size if you
do have a wrap or a blanket or something
that you had when bob was a newborn that
they actually quite liked and they're
attached to you could use that you could
either tidy and or not or you could cut
it up into pieces so it's similar to
that size that will probably that's a
good yeah that's a very good size and
when you decide that you when you know
that they really love it want it need it
and it's time what you do at that point
then is leave it in the car or the on
their bed it doesn't come out so you
don't have this toddler walking around
the shops dragging it around its the
bedtime and sleep only and lastly call
it a name my boys call their Snuggie but
you can call it anything you want
especially with toddlers you might want
them to call it a name or get them to
pick it I do work with toddlers and it's
never too late to introduce one and just
giving them that little bit of
responsibility and independence goes a
long way with the bonding process so I
hope those tips out
