Amnesty Re: what about sounds; what sounds do you not like and why

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I made a weighted blanket for my son a few months ago. I think it is helping him

sleep better and he seems less anxious. He sleeps with piles of blankets and his

bed is often soaked with sweat. So I tried to make a blanket that I could toss

in the washing machine. I didn't want to use gravel or beans or rice or sand to

weigh the blanket. I found a duvet cover on sale at Ikea in his favorite color

to cover the outside. I thought I could change the cover from time to time just

for variety.

For the weighted blanket on the inside, I used some cotton linen kitchen towels

and sewed them to made squares. I stuffed the squares with small polyester

beads. I found a website where I could buy the beads in bulk and so it was much,

much cheaper than buying little bags of poly beads from the fabric store. I

found several formulas for figuring out the weight and so my son's bed is about

15 pounds.

If anyone is interested in making a weighted blanket, you can email me and I'll

send you more detailed directions.