This week in our house we tried something new. Actually we tried two new things, speaking to a therapist and we tried a weighted blanket for our middle child. Both of our kids suffer from General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), however our middle child (he’s 8) struggles much more than our eldest. Night times are the worst with falling asleep and then staying asleep. I’d read a lot recently, and heard a lot recently, about weighted blankets supporting kids and adults with anxiety to sleep better. This past week we tried it out.

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