Weighted Blanket
Never heard of them before but while out partying with some friends they mentioned how nice weighted blankets are. The nurse next door to me said they are especially nice for Alheizmer's victims so I bought one for my folks. They aren't cheap but finding something my folks don't have already is a challenge.I took the blanket over yesterday and it is big. I thought it would be the size of a throw blanket for the couch but it can cover both my folks on the couch. It is heavy folded up but not so bad once it is thrown on them. Because they are both such tiny little people with bones covered in a thin layer of flesh....they are cold all the time....even here in hell, err I mean Florida.
So folks if you know someone who is cold all the time or you yourself are - treat them or yourself to a weighted blanket. My thermometer runs hot so I do not need one but if I could find an itty bitty one for my Chi I would buy her one.
Comments (6)
Dating back to February.
Glass beads make the weight.
I suggest getting a cover for them as you cannot put them in a washing machine like a normal blanket.
I think the original invention which parents made for an autistc child, had pockets in which they placed weights made from 'pillows' filled with rice.
You'd probably want something less edible and more washable for a dog blanket, mind.
So I heard it fro you first about weighted blankets but I wasn't enlightened enough until I heard a gaggle of ladies talking about it. I figured my Dad had one but it turned out that Mom had never even heard of a weighted blanket. Right then & there I knew to buy one.