Experts Say a Security Blanket Could Help Your 8-12 Month Old Baby Sleep Better
Kids Health, from Nemours posted an article on “Sleep and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old”. If you are a parent struggling with how to help your child develop healthy sleep patterns and/or how to approach sleep issues your baby may be having, take a few minutes to review the article by clicking the title above. It covers the following topics:
* How Long Will My Baby Sleep?
* Where and How Should My Baby Sleep?
* Encouraging Sleep
* When to Call the Doctor
In the article, Kids Health stated, “If your baby has a favorite toy or blanket that you feel is safe to have in the crib, it can be left for comfort. This is when “transitional” objects become important to babies. They help your baby transition from being with you most of the time to having some time away from you and becoming more independent.”
If you’re looking for a security blanket or any other unique baby blanket, browse our retail site at blanketmybaby.com. With security blankets, it is recommended that you buy a few of the same blanket so that your baby will always have one available. This way if one is in the wash, gets lots or is left at daycare your baby will still have one to establish the feelings of familiarity and comfort.
Filed under Baby Blanket Stores, Baby Blankets, Info, Intro, Security Baby Blankets, Unique Baby Blankets | Tags: 8 to 12 month old, article, Baby Blankets, baby sleep advice, security blanket, security blankets, Unique Baby Blankets | Comment (0)Baby Blankets for Special Occasions Series
Are you looking for a baby blanket for a special occasion? We at blanketmybaby.com can help you find a unique baby blanket for a variety of occasions. Every occasion calls for a memorable blanket! Check our blog frequently for updates on where to find baby blankets to commemorate birth, Christening, baby’s first birthday, baby’s first trip to grandma’s, holidays, etc.
Do you own a unique baby blanket you purchased or received as a gift for a special occasion? Share it with our readers by posting a comment.
Filed under Baby Blankets, Info, Intro, Unique Baby Blankets | Tags: Baby Blankets, blankets for special occasions, holiday blankets, Unique Baby Blankets | Comment (0)Going Green Knows No Age - Organic Baby Blankets Series
In this day and age, few can claim ignorance of the “Go Green” movement. In the 2008 U.S. Presidential race, the environment was one of the top issues. Eco-friendly practices and product options are becoming widespread and attainable. Even your baby can go green!
Helping to sustain the earth is only one of the many perks green products offer consumers. Organic baby blankets are one example of an eco-friendly product that can have numerous benefits for its users. You will definitely want to take advantage of these benefits, since the user is your baby!
In this blog series, we at blanketmybaby.com will help you find out what to look for and what to expect when shopping for organic baby blankets. Check in regularly for updated posts in this series, which will cover topics such as:
- What are the benefits of buying organic products?
- Are there any drawbacks or things to look out for when buying organic products?
- What are the benefits my baby receives from an organic blanket?
- When purchasing a baby blanket, how will I know that it is organic?
- What types of fabrics are organic baby blankets made from?
- Where can I buy organic baby blankets?
- Organic cotton baby blankets
- Organic receiving and swadling blankets
- Handmade organic baby blankets
- Personalized and monogrammed organic baby blankets
- Colorful organic baby blankets
- Unique organic baby blankets and more!
We would love to know if this series is helpful in your organic baby blanket search and about organic baby blankets you have made/bought. Bring on the pictures and comments, and let’s all help each other in our baby blanket searching!
Looking for Inspiration for My Baby’s Blanket!
Congratulations! If you’re looking for unique baby blankets then there must be some exciting news in your life - whether you are a proud expectant parent or are close enough to someone else who is “with child” that you are shopping for blankets. But not just any blanket - you are looking for the perfect blanket. You need inspiration to find that unique blanket for your baby!
My name is Mike, father of 3 little ones (so far), and I’ll be on this quest with you. As are all decisions involving your children, choosing just the right way to comfort your baby after entering this world requires some thought and perhaps a little research. So we at blanketmybaby.com will endeavor to do some of the grunt work for you.
Baby blankets and “swaddling clothes” have probably been around since the beginning of time, but sales really took off after they were first made famous by a boy born King a couple of thousand years ago. No, we don’t blanket our babies because Jesus was, but can you think of anyone else more known for having been wrapped at birth than for whom we celebrate Christmas?
Swaddling Made Famous
That’s certainly one way of getting our inspiration! This earth shaking event of Jesus’ birth also illustrates the great range of choices available in styles and quality of baby blankets - from the humble swaddling clothes fit for a manger in a barn to the most precious materials fit for your little prince or princess.
Never swaddled a baby? This article and slideshow will give you a glimpse. The benefits are time tested and very real. So much so that swaddling ought to be one of the first skills a new parent learns. Baby proofing your house, night feedings, and even changing your baby’s diapers all follow your baby’s immediate needs of comfort and warmth after birth.
What I learned early as a father was that baby blankets are essential for every baby, and that there are many various roles the baby blanket plays. We received blankets as gifts before our oldest boy, David was born, one of which we liked so much that it rarely ever touched him because it was too nice to endure very many cycles through the wash. We certainly appreciated receiving the blanket but from first glance we knew it would not be an everyday blanket.
There are various weights of swaddling blankets which show their worth immediately, and some which can double as burp blankets. I would divide baby blankets into two general categories. Firstly, there are blankets which fit the baby for swaddling and other purposes (such as padding on a bed or floor). These blankets will “grow” with the baby. Secondly, there are blankets which fit the bed or crib. These blankets may either continue to “grow” with the baby, or with the bed - as the baby moves out of the crib and into larger beds over time. Even “blankies” that go wherever your child goes will fall more naturally into one or the other of these two categories.
As you can see, there will not be one simple solution for blanketing your baby. In fact, we’ve found in our family that a baby needs several equivalent -sized and -types of blankets all along its various stages in order to account for the many messy eventualities that babies produce.
Add to all of this the variety of fabrics, patterns, quality , washability, prices and of course searching for that unique blanket that is just right for your baby and we begin to define just what this quest will look like. We look forward to joining you on it!
I guess my first word of (hopefully inspirational) advice is that you don’t spend all of your baby blanket budget on one blanket! Whenever you are counting on keeping a particular blanket clean, remember that your baby’s object in life will be just the opposite - so plan for it! Perhaps the perfect blanket will be many. Again, Congratulations - and may there be many baby blankets to come in your future!
P.S. If you’ve read my brother’s blog, I only have one thing to say. “Winning” may not always mean getting something done first. Sometimes it means doing it better….It’s on!
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How exciting! I think I had to fend off my brother Mike to be able to be the first post on our brand new blog. (Ok, I admit, it feels good to win a few. When you are the younger brother, you have to savor these victories later in life because there weren’t many of them during childhood.)
Anyhoo…. WELCOME!!! Welcome to our blog! We hope you enjoy your stay. Our goal, and we are starting from scratch, is to be your one stop shop for everything that is Baby Blankets. Over the next few months, we are going to be working for ourselves and for you in becoming baby blanket experts. And fortunately for you, all of the information will be posted neat and tidy on this blog for your perusal.
We are going to research the best of the best of baby blankets and post it on this blog. We are going to interview mothers, store owners, manufactures, babies…oh….nix that last one…. and find out what are the best products available. We’re going to follow the latest news and trends, but also make sure you have access to traditional baby blankets as well.
It’s all quite exciting, and we have our work cut out, but we are excited at the undertaking. Baby blankets are such an important part of a child’s introduction to this world, and we think every baby needs a good, comforting friend in a blanket. So, we hope you enjoy the info to come!
If you’ve read my about page, you’ll know that I don’t have kids, yet. But the picture seen below is a shot of my nephew, David, and I just a few days after his birth. And yes, look at that cozy little blanket he is in!
Uncle Eric & David
