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weighted blankets

jonesy

ok my son is 5 has severe autism is non verbal is very sensory has sleep issues ect ect anyway im seriously thinking of getting him a good quality weighted blanket ,one that he cant chew on and destroy .

anyone have any recommendations as id value your opinions before spending over 100 pound on a blanket 

                           many thanx

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  • I got one from weight2go blankets several months ago and it seems very well made.  It definitely is not invincible but I think it would be quite a job to wreck it.  It's filled with plastic pellets so if it did get ripped they could at least be swept up (some are gel filled).  It was about £90 for a 6lb blanket (they give the weights in imperial for some reason: this is 2013!).  Financial limitations meant that it was all I could afford but it's big enough to wrap around myself while sitting up.  (It was winter at the time too, so I was sleeping under a 13.5 tog duvet and heavy woollen blanket that were "weighted" in their own right).  There are charities that help purchase them for children though 

    I've ended up not using it much although I think it helped when I did.  I'm put off by the difficulty of cleaning it.  (It can be machine washed and dried, not that I have a drier, but I'm wary about putting one item that is fairly small but weighs that much in the machine as it seems likely to bang around a lot on the spin cycle).

    If it's for whilst he is in bed could you try a normal blanket tucked in well to get the same kind of pressure-effect?  I have read a research article about this being used in one case, though only for a limited period each day (don't know if it would be comfortable long term).  It is certainly much cheaper.

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  • I got one from weight2go blankets several months ago and it seems very well made.  It definitely is not invincible but I think it would be quite a job to wreck it.  It's filled with plastic pellets so if it did get ripped they could at least be swept up (some are gel filled).  It was about £90 for a 6lb blanket (they give the weights in imperial for some reason: this is 2013!).  Financial limitations meant that it was all I could afford but it's big enough to wrap around myself while sitting up.  (It was winter at the time too, so I was sleeping under a 13.5 tog duvet and heavy woollen blanket that were "weighted" in their own right).  There are charities that help purchase them for children though 

    I've ended up not using it much although I think it helped when I did.  I'm put off by the difficulty of cleaning it.  (It can be machine washed and dried, not that I have a drier, but I'm wary about putting one item that is fairly small but weighs that much in the machine as it seems likely to bang around a lot on the spin cycle).

    If it's for whilst he is in bed could you try a normal blanket tucked in well to get the same kind of pressure-effect?  I have read a research article about this being used in one case, though only for a limited period each day (don't know if it would be comfortable long term).  It is certainly much cheaper.

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