I have always loved a HEAVY blanket. When I buy a comforter, I can never find one heavy enough. When I get X-Rays at the dentist, I am in heaven. I finally learned that weighted blankets help with anxiety.
Adults, teens, and children can benefit from weighted blanket therapy. Mosaic Weighted Blankets® are a safe and effective non-drug therapy for anyone seeking a solution for loss of sleep and relaxation.
“In psychiatric care, weighted blankets are one of our most powerful tools for helping people who are anxious, upset, and possibly on the verge of losing control,” says Karen Moore, OTR/L, an occupational therapist in Franconia, N.H.
“These blankets work by providing input to the deep pressure touch receptors throughout the body,” Moore says. “Deep pressure touch helps the body relax. Like a firm hug, weighted blankets help us feel secure, grounded, and safe.” Moore says this is the reason many people like to sleep under a comforter even in summer. (Source: Psychology Today)
Weighted Blankets, Wraps, or LapPads can be used to calm down and relax in many different ways by covering the whole body for sleep, wrapping around your shoulders or by laying it across your lap or legs only. Our products can provide relief, comfort and can help supplement sensory disorder therapy treatment for the following:
- Sensory Disorders of any kind (weighted therapy can help increase Serotonin and Melatonin levels overnight)
- Sleep disorders of any kind: weighted therapy can help increase the levels of Serotonin and Melatonin overnight
- Insomnia, Falling asleep and staying asleep
- ADD/ADHD Spectrum Disorder (many ADHD kids use our blankets to calm down after school or during Therapy sessions, or to relax and fall asleep)
- Asperger’s and Autism Spectrum Disorder (many of these kids use our blankets to calm down after school or during Therapy sessions)
- Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) and fidgeting legs due to chemotherapy treatments or Menopause
- Anxious Feelings and Panic symptoms, Stress and Tension. Cancer or Dental Anxiety, Peri-menopause and Menopause symptoms
- Sensory Integration Disorders/Sensory Processing Disorders
- People who are 65 or older: weighted blankets help calm a myriad of symptoms, including those who have Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s Disease.
The deep pressure touch simulation, or swaddling that happens when you cuddle up with a Mosaic Weighted Blanket® can help you or your loved one feel better and ease the mind allowing for complete relaxation.
See, it’s science.
I started researching these for my kids – more specifically for my 11 year old. She has a lot of anxiety and because she is older, she is no longer acting it out, but instead, it seems to be turning inward. I want to reduce her stress. I found MOSAIC WEIGHTED BLANKETS and fell in love with this small company.
I could not wait to order one from this adorable company who put so much care and love into every product. When I saw the SO MANY DOGS pattern I lost my mind. I was hellbent on getting this.
It just arrived and I cannot wait to surprise my daughter when she comes back from her dads. The good news is that means I have two nights with it all for myself!!
UPDATE: Aria is in HEAVEN!!! We are all fighting over it – I NEED ONE FOR MYSELF!!!
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Read more about founder Laura and her story here.
Who is Mosaic Weighted Blankets®?
Mosaic Weighted Blankets® is based near Austin, Texas and was founded by Laura LeMond. Laura was so impressed with the benefits of weighted blankets that she founded Mosaic Weighted Blankets® to raise awareness for this simple, but effective way to solve many anxiety, stress, insomnia and other health related disorders.
Mosaic Weighted Blankets® ships its weighted blankets,wraps and lap pads worldwide to parents, grandparents and caregivers for children, teens and adults that need help relaxing and easing into calmer daytime activities and who need longer and deeper sleep periods during the night.
Weighted Blankets are beginning to make headlines in newspaper stories and television shows throughout the United States. Click here to see recent weighted blanket news stories.
What Disorders Do Mosaic Weighted Blankets® Help?
Mosaic Weighted Blankets® are a very effective, organic solution for helping children, teenagers and adults that suffer from a wide variety of anxiety, stress/tension, attention deficit, insomnia and other related disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Asperger’s Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD), Anxiety Disorders, Bi-Polar Disorders, Cancer Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, Insomnia, Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and Restless Leg Syndrome.
Where are Mosaic Weighted Blankets® the Most Effective?
Mosaic Weighted Blankets® are very popular in the education and healthcare industries among occupational therapists, pediatric therapists, schools, hospitals, sleep disorder clinics, sleep research facilities, dentists, chiropractors, psychiatrists, psychologists, pediatricians, sports rehabilitation centers, hospice cancer centers, long-term care facilities, retirement homes, special education centers, crime victim centers, accident victim recovery centers and soldier family care clinics. Corporate customers receive volume purchase discounts, which are available by calling (512) 567-8943 or click here to send us an email.
When are Mosaic Weighted Blankets® Recommended?
Weighted blankets are not recommended for children under the age of three. The most important consideration when buying a weighted blanket is the customer’s body weight, which should not be greater than 10% of their body weight, plus one or two pounds. Weighted blankets should never be too heavy to remove by the patient and should never be used as a restraining device. Always check with an occupational therapist or healthcare professional to recommend proper medical treatment.
How do Mosaic Weighted Blankets® Work?
The benefits of weighted blankets can be traced back to the Mother’s womb. Before entering the world, infant is held tight inside the womb where they are shielded from sensory perceptions from most of the new world they enter.
As children grow, most learn to adapt to new environment stimuli such as light, sounds and movements from things around them. Some babies do not adapt well to their new environment and suffer from sensory processing disorders.
Sensory Processing Disorder is a term used to describe the inability to efficiently and correctly process sensory information coming to the brain from the environment. Touch, taste, smell, sight and sound are most frequently referred to as the senses, however the body also senses movement, force of gravity and body position through the muscles and joints.
Children, teens and adults with Autism do not regulate sensory input well, which is referred to as Proprioception. Children with Sensory Processing Disorder often benefit from a weighted blanket to help their body organize and process sensory input so that they are less restless and fidgety and allow most individuals to sleep better during the night.
How Much Do Weighted Blankets® Cost?
Compared to a good night’s rest, Mosaic’s most popular weighted blankets are very cost effective. Many parents with Autistic children will tell you that after putting their child to bed with a weighted blanket that they enjoyed their first night of deep sleep in years.
Mosaic Weighted Blankets® are manufactured with highest quality fabrics and weights. Blankets range in cost based on size, material, weight and fabric selected. Click here to shop through our Mosaic catalog of weighted blankets and lap pads.
Do Weighted Blankets Really Work?
Yes, for most customers a weighted blanket offers a soothing, calming, deep pressure therapy that helps customers relax and concentrate during the day and sleep better at night.
If your child has a tendency to wear very tight clothes during the day or roll them self up in sheets or blankets like a burrito or taco to sleep at night, a Mosaic Weighted Blanket will offer them the relief they have been seeking intuitively.
