 Hi everyone, welcome back to another vlog. Today's vlog is a really exciting one so I'm going to be reviewing a weighted blanket. I've been reading up on these and they're really good for things like stress, anxiety and if you don't sleep very well at night apparently. So I'm going to try it out because lately I haven't been sleeping the greatest and you know every now and then I do get a bit anxious so I'm going to try it out. So when it arrives I will do an unboxing for you, it should be here today so I can do that later and then I'll just show you step by step and review it overnight and then just show you in the morning and see how I slept with it and how comfortable I found it, how uncomfortable I found it, who knows. But I'm dead excited for this so yeah we'll see. My weighted blanket has arrived. I'm going to do a little opening for you, here we go. And so I got my weighted blanket from a company called Drift. I will put the links below so you can have a look at the different ones that they do, different sizes and things like that. They go by weight so I ordered mine for my weight and hopefully it's going to be all right, we'll see. But yeah have a look at the links below, I'm going to put a load of stuff below so you can have a look, have a look at the research behind it as well and see what you think. They are a bit pricey but if they work then they are well worth it. So that is actually some research on weighted blankets and these research articles show that it can help reduce anxiety, sleep disorders, things like ADHD as well. So there's a lot of benefits and there's some research on it which is massive bonus. You know as nurses we have to go by research-based evidence and things like that. So there is research on it and yeah it's just an extra thing that doesn't involve medication or anything like that that can help relieve some of those things for you at home. So weighted blankets are a therapeutic type of blanket that weighs between five and thirty pounds depending on your body weight. The pressure from the blanket then mimics this therapeutic technique called pressure stimulation and deep pressure stimulation can be a benefit for things like relieving pain, increasing mood, lessen anxieties and what it does is it's like a hands-on type of pressure that it puts on the body and helps the nervous system. Some research showed within ADHD that the weighted blanket can reduce hypersensitivity and improve attention. For anxiety there was a research study that showed that actually the weighted blanket reduced anxiety up to 33%. There was another study done back in 2014 a crossover study with autism and it showed that actually in autism as well it can help benefit sleep and reducing those sleeping issues that people might have. So just looking at the research, the research looks really really good for this. There are obviously some flaws in research, you know the number of participants that take part. Is it a good quality piece of research as well? What are the factors in the research? So have a look around do your own research on these things and make a decision best for you and if it's going to be a benefit to you. So in the box, oh here you go. It's in a nice little bag. Get rid of that shall we? It's heavy and then it looks nice. It looks like it's quilted. It's like a feisty thing. It is like a feisty. Oh it feels so nice. I already love it. Anyway this is quite big so you had to order it by your weight so I ordered the one from my weight. I'm 60 kilograms so I got the small sort of weighted one and then I have to stand back. Okay guys, hang on. This is it. Oh it's heavy. What do you think? Wow. Let me get comfortable and just put it on me. Oh this is nice. This is so snug. It like moulds to your body because it's weighted. I'm so excited to sleep with this tonight. So it looks like the cover on top is removable. It's got a little zip at the end. Hang on. I'm assuming you can wash it. Got a little zipsy and then inside you've got your little weighted blanket. It's got little like beady bits in it. That's the weighted bit. Oh exciting. Well this is a real benefit because I think some weighted blankets they don't have a cover on it so you can't really wash it or anything which isn't very good. This is so nice. So I will do a little video later tonight when I'm in bed and I'm all cosy and then I will do a video tomorrow to let you know how it was. Here we go in bed and I have my weighted blanket on. Feels really nice. It's so snug and cosy. It just yeah everything feels nice right now. So lovely. But yeah let's see how tonight goes and I shall update you all in the morning and hopefully I'm going to get a really good night's sleep. We'll see. Good night everyone. Hi everyone. It is morning. Still got my little blanket on. To be honest this is day two. Day two? Yeah day two. Night two. Day two. So the first night I used this it was a little bit weird. I think you have to get used to the weight and the adjustment and the pressure if that makes sense. Like I kept waking up very aware of the different weight of my blanket. So yeah so I thought let me just try it a second night and then I can do a proper video and give a full review you know. So yeah so the second night went much better. I think because I'd had that first night and settled into it and I was more aware of it and then last night I slept way better and it was just so nice and snug. And yeah overall I love this. And even when like I went downstairs to watch some TV and I took it downstairs and I had it on me in the sofa and it was just so nice. Just curled up in the sofa with this on me and it just makes you feel safe. I can't explain it. I imagine this is what it's like to feel inside a room like where you're just you're so safe and snug. Maybe that's the feeling it's going for. I don't know but yeah so day two night two went much better and I really like it. I love it. It's so so good. So yeah so here's to a many more sleep full night.