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How does a weighted blanket work?
Many children have immature nervous systems or excessively high energy levels, making it difficult for them to settle their bodies down and go to sleep. The deep pressure of a weighted blanket allows the child’s nervous system to better integrate touch, movement, position, and pressure. The result is the child's ability to calm down easier.

What children benefit from a weighted blanket?
Any child that enjoys added weight on them when they rest or when sleeping at night, as well as children who have a hard time calming down, can benefit from a weighted blanket. Also, children with Attention Deficit Disorder, autism, and sensory processing disorder often use weighted blankets.

What is sensory processing disorder?
Sensory Processing Disorder is a term used to describe the inability to efficiently and correctly process sensory information coming to the brain from the environment, including sound, touch, body position, sight, smell, and movement. Children with sensory processing disorder often benefit from a weighted blanket to organize and process sensory input so that they are less restless and fidgety.

When can my child use their weighted blanket?
Children can use their blanket while they relax during the day or to sleep at night or nap time. Sometimes parents hear from their child’s daycare or preschool teacher that their child has trouble at nap time. Many schools and day cares use our washable weighted blankets to help these children. Another difficult time for children is in the evening. Snuggling in a weighted blanket to read a book, play a game, or watch TV greatly calms down excess energy. And night time is often the most difficult time for children because they are wound up, but tired. Weighted blankets have an amazing ability to immediately calm children so that they can sleep