Weighted Blanket

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^ Google weighted blanket and you'll come up with many sites.

I just ordered my first weighted blanket from them, should get it in three weeks or so (they are made custom ). I will let you know!

This is great news! I rarely need blankets, because I'm always hot, but I do need the pressure and always face this dilemma when I sleep with many blankets. Do I get the pressure I need but get all sweaty, or do I stay cool and comfy, but hyper? Another problem with sleeping with many layers, is that they tend to shift around, and it gets really frustrating, waking up in the middle of the night to get it straight.

I have looked at that website (weighedblanket.net) a couple of years ago, and after a long time thinking about it, and choosing from all the beautiful patterns, I finally decided that it was too expensive for me. I'll check out the other website someone linked.

OMG, I would LOVE a weighted blanket!

Hmmmm.

I find it easiest to go to sleep when I have blankets on me....it poses an issue during the summer months.

Never thought it had anything to do with a sensory issue.

I'm thinking about it , or even trying to make my own.I like having lots of blankets on me, but they get too hot. I used to love crawling under the sofa as a kid with just my head and arms sticking out. Sometimes I'd get my sister to sit on it too.

I bought myself a compression Tshirt a few months ago. It's great!

Don't have one, but I'd like one. Heavy things on me are so soothing.

I remember mentioning this to my mother once a few years ago and she said 'That's an autistic trait.' At the time I didn't know autism meant anything other than 'meltdowns, screaming, crapping your pants' (my brother has profound autism) so I reacted pretty badly. I yelled 'Yuck!' and had to be reassured about fifty times that no, you can't develop low-functioning autism in mid-adolescence.

my mom gave me a huge feather bed... I guess it weighs about ten to fifteen pounds altogether, and feels wonderful to sleep under. I always feel sorry in the summers when I have to take it off. I can't afford a regular weighted blanket.

I just got mine today It's very comfy, and the snake design is awesome! It's hard to carry though, lol.

I want one so badly! I plan on making one (because I can't afford to buy one) when I go home for Thanksgiving break.

I want one so badly! I plan on making one (because I can't afford to buy one) when I go home for Thanksgiving break.

I have just discovered that my son gets to sleep a lot easier if i pile on the blankets. He tried it last week and has been requesting the same thing every night since. The only downfall, he overheats easily. Glad it is chilly out! Hope to get him a weighted blanket soon. For me, i have never tried it. I don't have trouble going to sleep. I just wish i could be a deeper sleeper. Any little thing wakes me. If one of the kids get up in the middle of the night, it's like i was awake already.

I found a link to make your own by adapting a ready made blanket:

http://www.sensory-processing-disorder. ... anket.html

I want to get myself a weighted blanket. Maybe that will help me sleep at night.

Mine just arrived in the mail today! Details so far:

•it is much thinner than I expected, not a bad thing.
•it isn't too noisy, rustles a bit like a stiff sheet.
•the weight is focused in the middle of the blanket and toward the top, good for chest weight.
•its a bit of a job to get under and the weighted squares lodge between legs

I'll know more in the morning!!

I couldn't live without my weighted blanket. If I'm really overwhelmed from a long day of people screaming in my ears at school, I put my weighted blanket on my head and shoulders and sit in my dark closet. Calms me down almost instantly.

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