How to Change a Blanket Sleeper on an Infant or Child

Has your infant or child just spit up or soiled their blanket sleeper, and now you need to change one? The process may look tough, but with the help of this article, you'll become a professional in no-time.

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Edit Steps

1. 1
   Take off any additional blankets and blanket-like outer coverings that exist.
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2. 2
   Take a look at the garment. Find out what type of closure system it uses. While most use zippers, some undoubtedly use buttons or snaps.
3. 3
   Determine how long the zipper zips from. How far does the garment zip down to? Most zippers will zip down to the child's ankles. Some will zip down to the child's waist.
4. 4
   Ask the child to lay down in front of you, or, if the child is tiny/small, you may need to pick them up yourself and carry them over to the changing area.
5. 5
   Unzip or unbutton/unsnap the blanket sleeper from the top of the garment to as far down as allowable at the bottom.
   • If the garment has a zipper-stop closure at the top of the garment, you'll need to unsnap this piece first. These closures are used to intentionally stop the child from unsnapping the garment without the parent's consent(which can intentionally "mess-up" the child's mind enough to make them loose concentration and stop them from undressing themselves from it).
6. 6
   Grab the child on the ankle of the leg that is the most-unzipped and pull it upward, and later, slightly outward.
   • If this zipper runs to waist-height, you can't quite use this step. You'll need to pull the arms out of the sleeves instead.(The legs will come later).
7. 7
   Reach into one of the sleeves and grab the child's arms from just above the elbow.
8. 8
   Pull out the child's arm from the sleeve.
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   Repeat the past two steps with the child's other elbow.
10. 10
    Reach into one of the leggings.
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    Grab onto the child's non- pulled-out leg.
12. 12
    Reach far enough down, so you can grab the child's ankle.
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    Pull the leg outward. The child's knee will bend(as it should), but, as long as you don't push the knee so it stretches too much at an uncommon angle(to where the knee can't bend, and can snap/break(causing pain)), you shouldn't have a problem.
14. 14
    Reach under the child's arms again, and place them on top of the child's newly picked-out blanket sleeper.
15. 15
    Repeat the process in reverse order(the leg that required the most effort to pull out followed by the arms and later, the other leg that required the least effort).
16. 16
    Zipper the zipper.
17. 17
    Fold the flap over(if available)(Snap the snap into place).
18. 18
    Raise the hood(if available, as noted in the Tips section of this article).

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Grab the child under their arms, and you'll be ready to continue the night. So rest assured, the child is ready to spend their cozy night, all snuggly and peaceful again, with a fresh new one on.

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Edit Tips

• Some blanket sleeper garments on some infants/children's sleepers have hoods. Pull the hood back/off the child, after raising the head a little(the hood should just about fall off the child when child's head is raised slightly.
• Although the majority of blanket sleepers are of the one piece and footed majority' there are some that are two-piece. These require not much more than changing each portion of the garment singly (just as you would a shirt and a pant).
• If you would rather not have your child wear one that comes from the store, you can also make a blanket sleeper, following the sizes suitable to your child's needs.
• Some blanket sleepers for infants and children(toddlers) even come with fingerless mittens. Use these (for the few that still do) to your advantage, to help with keeping them from pulling out their pacifier, yet keeping their hands warm otherwise.
• Since it's much easier to zipper up and keep the child warmer with a zipped-up blanket sleeper than to use the snaps, if the snap kind is like the one you are currently using, try and get that system replaced.

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Edit Warnings

• When the parent grabs the child's ankles, they shouldn't be rough, but keep a firm grip on the child(especially in the case of a wiggly child who resists getting its sleeper changed).
• Don't bend the knees backwards too far when pulling out the legs from the leggings. If you do it too rough, you could easily break or fracture a bone in/near the child's knee.