Should I be concerned?

[Heatherm4]

Brady has gotten into the habit of liking something (usually a blanket) over his face to fall asleep. I leave it with him for a bit and when he's sleeping, I take it away from him. He does sleep covered as well but I tuck the blanket at the end so he can't pull it up. I don't want him to suffocate obviously!
Should I be concerned about this habit? I've heard about it being common but should I break it from him now or is this just how he's comforted? If there's not a blanket there then he tries to dig his face into the mattress or my arm or chest.

[Cyn_x0]

LOL yeah maybe I should caption it better..

At least when se starts doing that we know she is tired lol

[Heatherm4]

Ooh that's what the pic was...on it I thought you meant she only fell asleep with you holding her!! LOL I was going to say that it would be quite a bad habit. Yes, he'll put his hand over his face too if the blanket isn't there or he'll secure the blanket on his face with his hand or arm!

[Cyn_x0]

Wow! Anjali is the same except with her it's she needs to put her hand over her face/nose. she started this at about one month old but she always does it.

I posted a pic :)

[Ready_4_Baby_2]

I would be a little scared to let Peri cover her face and like someone suggested I would run it by the drs office. My friend's daughter would actually put the blanket in her mouth. The first time she spent the night and put it in her mouth it scared me half to death.

[szw2008]

I'm not going to lie. I let my son cover his face. My first actually wouldn't sleep without a blanket over his head... and I used to sleep like that until I was about 17 actually. Occasionally he wants it off and he will scream and get really REALLY mad. He doesn't put it over his face ALL the time, but a lot of times there's something over his face and he hasn't smothered. I don't think baby blankets are thick enough to cause any real harm unless they someone roll and wrap them a bunch.

But like I said, so far, but my boys sleep with blankets over their faces and they're both fine!

[Heatherm4]

It's usually a receiving blanket and they are usually fairly light. I will check with his doctor and see what she says. I do take it away right after he's fallen asleep and I do check on him in the meantime. He does have those afgan type blankets too so maybe I could even try those ones out. I actually have one that's quite small in size so it won't double up or anything either.

[alaysha]

I let Navy snuggle into her blanket. She wont pull it past her eyes but she likes it to circle her face and go over her mouth and nose. The blanket she uses though is extremely breathable and I'm sure even if she stuffed a bunch of it into her mouth she'd still be able to breathe.

[cocacolapanda]

If the blanket is over his face, can he pull it off?  What kind of blanket?  is it more afgan type with holes in it?  

If he's using the mattress or body parts then I'd say it's just fine because he can move his head/face/arms, etc if he needs to.  If your using a blanket, make sure its one's with holes where he can breath through it.  

you might also want to call your dr's office and ask for advice on how to help him be comforted with out using a blanket, etc.  We don't use blankets on our kids until they were older.  Our son could have a blanket when he was 6 months, but it was a very small one.  Then when he was a year we slowly gave him bigger ones to help him sleep in a normal bed.    At the 3-4 month rage I'd be worried about the blanket, but that's just me (then again both kids of ours seem to freak out when things cover there faces).