what size do you use for a baby bed quilt?
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I am amazed that all three of my children and six grandchildren survived being covered with blankets and quilts while they slept in their beds. They must be special cases. I assume it's SIDS that advises against using the blankets in the beds. I know babies are "swaddled" now, and that's in a blanket. How are the little guys supposed to keep warm while they sleep?
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http://www.montanasolarcreations.com...tshirt-to.html
http://treehugginmomma.blogspot.com/...-tutorial.html
Honestly my baby seems to sleep fine in either style, but she is also always wearing footy pjs with sleeves underneath the sack. It's nice to have a couple in different fabrics, too, just depending on how cold it is and how heavy her pjs are.
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I agree with G'ma Kay! I know the SIDS reason for no blankets in the crib, but how do these babies keep warm? You know not ALL houses are as comfortably warm as others are! You just gotta do what your common sense tells you to do. And, I have checked out the tutorial for the blanket made by Jenny Doan. Love it and will have to try this.
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I'm planning on making the self binding blanket like Jenny Doan does http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqwdNqMZ8Ro seems like a winner to me.
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For the flannel receiving blankets, I use 2 pieces of flannel that about 1 1/4 yards each.I use the width of the fabric for size and try to make them square. I find this is a good size so the baby has some growing room. My daughter-in-law asked to have a receiving blanket that was about 1 1/2 yard long so her toddlers could cuddle in them while napping. I notice they still have those blankets and use them while reading or resting and they are now 9 and 11.
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My kids were swaddled into their receiving blankets, too. The oldest is 42, and I learned to do it from my mother. When they started rolling over, the swaddling didn't stay swaddled too long.
My kids slept in blanket sleepers, but we used a blanket as well. Miraculously, all survived their infancy and childhood. The teenage years were touch and go...they would touch my last nerve and I would have to go!
My kids slept in blanket sleepers, but we used a blanket as well. Miraculously, all survived their infancy and childhood. The teenage years were touch and go...they would touch my last nerve and I would have to go!
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