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DEL.ICIO.USThe case of the missing blanket
It’s fantastic when kids have items that help them self-soothe, but it’s terrible when you lose those special things!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I knew it would happen one day and when it did, we would be in deep trouble.
Sooner or later, we were going to lose our baby’s favorite possession in the entire world — her pink satin blanket. It travels everywhere with us and at some point, just based on sheer odds; it was going to be left behind.
My aunt sent her the blanket a few weeks after she was born, and it is rarely out of her sight for long. It’s pink silky satin on one side and soft micro fleece on the other. It has a 1-inch silk ruffle that runs around the edges.
She has a very specific way to hold the blanket. She gathers the blanket over several times so she can feel the soft fleecy part in her palm and then rubs the tips of her fingers over the silky ruffle. At the same time she pops the thumb of that hand into her mouth. It is the most precious thing in the world to see and makes her so content!
(I’m sure I’m going to get attacked for letting my baby suck her thumb, but people she is my only baby that has been a thumb sucker or had a special comfort lovey, and she is the happiest baby I’ve ever had. She self-soothes, puts herself to sleep and is very content. She’ll give it up when she is ready, and I’m not worried about it.)
Because the blanket gets carried all around the house, it is a normal state of affair to be searching for it. I even posted one night on my Facebook status: Theresa is “searching for the baby’s blanket so she can finally go to sleep.” Another mom friend commented online that she too is constantly looking for her baby’s blanket and hoped I found it soon.
We’ve had many scares before when we thought the blanket was lost, but this was the real thing. It wasn’t in the office behind the desk. It wasn’t under the dining room parsons chairs. It wasn’t in my diaper bag. It wasn’t shoved into the big blue couch.
And worst of all, it wasn’t in my van. I searched the front seat, the middle aisle, and even the back hull. I took out the stroller and pushed the seats up. No blanket.
As I searched the van, I started flashing to all the places we’d been the day — the park, Mimi’s house, the post office. I had taken the dog with us to the park. I was so scattered cleaning up the dog’s poop in the park that maybe I missed the blanket falling out of the stroller onto the track. I didn’t remember loading the blanket into the car after our walk. I had visions of mini-vans rolling over my sweet baby’s blankie all day long. We had to get to the park right away.
Even though it was way passed nap time, I took her out of her crib and loaded her into the car. We drove back to the track. I searched under parked cars and asked a few walkers if they had seen a pink baby’s blanket. Finally I put the baby in her stroller to search the mile track. (We had already done three miles that day. Plus, I didn’t even have on my tennis shoes, just sandals that rubbed.)
We asked everyone we passed if they had seen the blanket. A man on skates circled the track quickly for me and told he didn’t find it. By about the half-mile mark, I started to think maybe I did load it back into the car. I had a vague recollection of the baby carrying it into my mom’s house. We didn’t think about leaving the baby blanket when we left my mom’s house because she gave us a bunch of fancy purses that the baby carried out.
I finished the mile and drove back to my mother’s. I ran into the house. The blanket was lying on the floor of the children’s playroom - safe and sound.
The baby was so happy to have her blanket back. During the two-mile drive home, she caressed her favorite blanket and fell asleep with her thumb in her mouth. All was right with the world.
Epilogue: I am now currently in search of a second blanket for the road so we can leave the good one safely in her crib.
You can reach Theresa at ajcmomania@gmail.com. Ideas are welcome!
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By motherjanegoose
October 6, 2008 7:48 AM | Link to this
We never had the blanket scenario BUT my daughter had Barney and when he went AWOL it was a big problem.
My youngest sister had a special blanket and it went everywhere with her, until she was about four.
FYI…parents…please purge the blanket BEFORE Kindergarten. I had one student who wanted to take it into class and we compromised that he could leave it in his bookbag and touch it if he needed to; however, this was only after tears and drama.
Can you imagine the germs of everyone dragging a blanket into the classroom with them and all around the school…eeek….
Blankies are special but not for school.
Loved that mountain air…off to work!
By CP
October 6, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
All 4 of my kids have sucked their thumbs. My son stopped when he was 7 and my oldest daughter (6) only does occasionally. My younger girls still do it. I think they inherited it from me since I sucked my thumb until I was 5 or 6. My dad made me quit.
I’m sure there are people that will have differing viewpoints on the subject of thumbsucking, but for me, it’s a whole lot easier than having to keep up with pacifiers. I actually offered pacifiers with 2 of my kids & they both threw them out of their cribs as soon as they could & started sucking their thumbs.
Like motherjanegoose, we’ve had the missing stuffed animal issue. My daughter (the 6 year-old) is currently missing said animal. It’s a beany baby white cat she’s named snowflake. She sleeps with it, watches television with it, and I know she’d take it to school with her if I let her. I’m sure it will turn up & she’s not throwing a fit about it right now.
My son, on the other hand, was the blanket lover. He used to be into Blue’s Clues and had a lot of the Blue things: pillows, sheets, stuffed toys, etc. But his favorite was a blanket. It was a baby-sized blanket that I could not get him to give up. Even after he got older he still wouldn’t give it up. We agreed that he could keep it as long as he kept it in his closet since it was really way too small for him. The way he finally was able to give it up was after the baby was born. He wasn’t too happy about her to begin with since he was going to be the only boy with 3 sisters. But after he was born and she smiled at him, that was the end of the story. He chose to give her his cherished blanket. So now she sleeps with it in her crib & holds it while sucking her thumb. Sorry for the long post. I enjoy talking about my crazy brood.
By CP
October 6, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
Sorry, I meant to say “after she was born…”
Brain is still asleep, need more coffee.
By Jeff
October 6, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
I’m going to stay out of this one today other than to put on my ‘teacher hat’ - which I DO have experience in, for all you naysayers - and agree with motherjanegoose. Do whatever you feel you need to do in this arena, but once they start public daycare (I’m talking even places you pay for, if someone other than a relative or a friend is keeping them), the ‘special things’ need to disappear just as far away as mommy and daddy’s ‘special things’.
By Kathy
October 6, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this
My daughter has a small stuffed Goofy that we won at the fair that she cannot live without. My parents bought two extra at the Disney Store, just in case we ever lose Goofy. One time last summer I was running at the park and she was riding in the jogger with Goofy. When we got to the car, I panicked when Goofy was missing. I started back on the trail (in the opposite direction) to find him. A lady had picked him up and was going to take him home to her dog to use as a chew toy! She gladly gave him back once she saw my daughter’s excited face.
My daughter is a thumb sucker. She found her thumb when she was 12 weeks old and was done with the pacifier after that. We do not make an issue out of it. My doctor says she will probably give it up before she starts school. I think it is sweet…..she strokes her upper lip with her fore finger as she is sucking her thumb!
By Jessie's Mom
October 6, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this
I’ve heard about this potential problem when my daughter was about 10 months old from a friend of mine. My little girl did not have a comfort item although it was looking more and more like her taggie blankie I bought her might become that treasured belonging. So, as soon as it became obvious I went and bought her a 2nd, then a 3rd, then a 4th blankie. I switched them off so that they had equal amounts of wear. That was the best thing I’ve ever done! We keep one at grandma’s house just in case I forget to bring her’s along (she’s not totally clingy on it, but needs it to be able to sleep), one next door, and one in her dresser out of sight. I recommend for anyone whose child has a prized possession to buy multiples and continuously rotate them so they get the same wear & tear on them.
By MA
October 6, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this
Neither of my children had blankets, but, my daughter had her “binkies”(pacifiers)! We had a secretary at our school say she remembered my daughter would toddle(she was 2 when her brother started K) into the school with one binkie in one hand, one in the other, and one in her mouth. She quit when she was 3 and was about to go to a play group at a local high school for the child care class. She was never without one!
By Numbers Guy
October 6, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this
Mine has a blanket that’s special to him. When we got it, it was a huge thing, so we cut it in half and gave him one half. That turned out to be a good move, because when it was left at the hotel at a family wedding, we had another one just like it.
When he started pre-school, we cut a 2X2 inch section off a corner and let that be “pocket blankie” for the start of school, safety-pinned to the inside of his pocket. He only needed the extra security for a few days, and then he was cool with leaving the blanket at home.
When he was three or four, the blanket was only necessary at bedtime, and it still lives in his bed. As long as it stays at that level, I see no need to rush him out of it.
By new mom
October 6, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
Morning! Our one-year old hasn’t really become attached to anything, other than a stuffed white cat. She loves ‘whiskers’ (we named him that because she was fascinated by the little pink yarn whiskers) and when we say “love whiskers?” she will hug him so sweetly! Then throw him….it’s quite funny.
She doesn’t ‘need’ him to calm down or self-soothe, but she does enjoy him. We hide him and a special book in her crib at night, so she has them to play with when she wakes up. The book is one of those soft books, called ‘who loves baby’ where you put pictures of family members in it. She will ‘read’ it and see pictures of us, and sometimes we catch her talking to us (the pictures). It’s so sweet!
We did take whiskers with us for her 1-yr portraits, and the cutest picture of them all was one of her hugging whiskers.
She’s still on passies, has never taken to her thumb. I apparently was a two finger sucker, and needed braces badly because of an overbite. I’m OK with her passy use, because she only uses them at bedtime and naptime.
Off to the library, y’all have a good day!
By z mama
October 6, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this
There was an episode of Andy Barker P.I. about his daughter’s missing lovey. Hilarious!
By Permissive Parenting 101
October 6, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
Thumb-sucking blanket-toter.
By Stacey
October 6, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this
My brother had a little pillow that was his “thumb sucking pillow”. He wasn’t allowed to take it outside of the house but he had with him anytime he was in the house. I think he let go of the pillow when he was around 3 but he admits that he still sometimes wakes up and finds that he has been sucking his thumb in his sleep (he’s 33).
My son never sucked his thumb nor a pacifier. He went through a period where he slept with a particular stuffed animal but that only lasted a few months. Now his favorite toy is whichever is the newest! LOL
By nurse&mother
October 6, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
HB- please read my recent post (today) on the spanking topic. This explains my comments a little better.
By nurse&mother
October 6, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this
No blankies for either of mine, but my oldest was a big time paci user. My son had a thumb sucking tendency, but he seemed to stop around 4-5 months. He has always put objects into his mouth. Now that he is 2, he has gotten better.
My child’s orthodontist says that the paci is much better than the thumb, because you can take the paci away, but not the thumb. It wreaks havoc on teeth. However my daughter’s paci habit was so severe, she will need a lot of orthodontic work. Sigh.
By momto3girls
October 6, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
My oldest baby (10)never had a favorite blanket but we did have the special toy. When it went missing, 3 weeks before anyone got a good nights sleep. She was 5 when it happened. My sister lost was watching her one day when she was sick.
My next baby (now 6) has 2 special blankets. One is more of a decorative blanket/toy that she has had since birth and the “real” blanket she got for her first Christmas.
My youngest one (now 2.5) has a couple of blankets she will only use, but nothing she can’t leave without. She just rather have me.
My rule regarding special toys/blankets is that they are not allowed out of the house once they are over 3 unless they are sick. And we may have a few tears at first, but they know the rules.
My middle one keeps the blanket (which is to small for her now) stays folded across the bottom of her bed. And the toy one stays on one of her bed rails. It has a bear head attached to it and it decorates her bed now.
I’m 30 and I still have my favorite bear and my blanket. They sit one my cedar chest where they have been since I was 13. My parents never took them away from and I won’t my for my girls and the same if I have anymore kids. My mom told me what her rules for my siblings and me and I just kept them. When the girls were younger and with my youngest, if they spend the night with someone they were washed before they left and washed when they came back.
By Sugar
October 6, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this
My high schooler has a purple bunny she got from the Easter Bunny when she was 10. That bunny has seen more of our country than any other stuffed animal. He has gone on cruises and numerous other vacations. He has been to the beach, and to the mountains. He is a part of our family, we could write a book about “Senior Bunny”.
He has ridden outside a car, hanging by his ears in the window (thanks to her uncle), has been in refridgerators (again, Uncle), and dropped from a 5 story hotel balcony (by a cousin), etc.
We love to tease her about his adventures. We hardly ever go on vacation without him.
By phr
October 6, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this
Oh Theresa, I’ve been there. Andrew has a stuffed racoon (RJ from Over the Hedge) that we lost. I involved him in the search for one to replace his on Ebay. We found one and ordered it and little did he know, but I also got another one as a backup. He was able to substitute another “guy” until the new RJ arrived.
Just an FYI - I had a blankie that I kept with me when I was a kid. We lost it one time on a trip to see my grandmother in Indiana. I was crushed, but I guess I survived. I still remember it very vividly.
My son’t dentist told me that it is okay for them to suck their thumbs until they start getting permanent teeth. Andrew did until he lost his first tooth and the dentist told him that he couldn’t do it anymore. He was so good and never sucked his thumb again. Maybe the dentist kind of scared him a little, whatever it worked.
By new mom
October 6, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this
Here’s a little story for you guys:
When I was little, my dad brought home a little stuffed cat (or perhaps it was a tiger) from a business trip. I named her Sarah, loved her black spots right off, and trimmed her scratchy plastic whiskers. She was a sight.
When I was about 4 or 5, we went on a trip out west and I lost her. I was so sad, and my parents did their best to help me get over it. Well apparently I had left her in my aunt & uncle’s cabin, so a week after we got home Sarah arrived in a little box in the mail. I will never forget how happy I was to get her back!
The sweetest part—my aunt & uncle (who never had children of their own) had punched holes in the box so that Sarah could breathe on her journey back home. And yes, I still remember that, 30+ years later! :)
By arenee
October 6, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this
My 14 month old daughter loves my 20 year old cabbage kid, that she named Ming, . She hugs and kisses Ming then throws her down. She looks for Ming every morning when she gets to Grandma’s house. It is the sweetest thing.
By MomsRule
October 6, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
Love it! Very sweet New Mom!
By nikki
October 6, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
My daughter had a HUGE stuffed doll that we got her when she was 4 months old. She would take the dolls long yarn hair and tickle her nose and face with it. When emily was 16 months old she was in the hospital for croup and would not sleep until we brought her “mamein” thats what she calls the doll. As soon as the doll arrived at the hospital.. she was sound asleep. The doll eventually turned into a rag and we bought an exact replica but it was never the same. A few years later when she was 4 we bought her a little stuffed cow to commemorate a trip we took… the cows little yarn hair soon was chewed off and the cow(MOONEY) itself was dirty and ripped but to this day several years later the cow is still an integral part of her everyday life.As soon as she is home from school you can bet Mooney is in her hands. when she sleeps you cna bet mooney is clutched tight in her hands. It is quite adorabel. seems Mooney took the place of Mamein.
By Kathy
October 6, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this
Numbers Guy….I LOVE LOVE the idea of a “pocket blankie”! I have a friend whose daughter is having a hard time leaving the blanket at home for preschool, so I am going to suggest that idea to her.
newmom….when my 3 year old was smaller, her favorite book was “Who Loves Baby.” It really was sweet to hear her babble to the pictures when she was learning to talk. I videoed her “talking” to it! I hope you video as much as you take pics. I am like you, I take a thousand pics of everything, but I also love to video her doing everything.
By Numbers Guy
October 6, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
Wish I could take full credit, Kathy, but it wasn’t originally my idea. Luckily, the wife is smarter than your average bear….
By lakerat
October 6, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
Don’t have any kid stories but we have a 6 year old Chihuahua who had a “pink bear” that he had to have (kind of like the cartoon Mutts where the kitty has his “little pink sock”) – we tried to replace that thing about 10 times over the years but nothing would substitute for it – it was just the cover that was left, but “Hoss” knew where “pink bear” was at all times. We recently inherited a one year old English Bulldog – the bulldog uses Hoss for his chewing pleasure, though he does not hurt him. However, recently the bulldog got hold of “pink bear, or what was left of him (he usually just played with it to irritate Hoss), but this time I think he got distracted and forgot what he was doing and just swallowed it. We had to spend $180 that night at the vet emergency room in order to have the bulldog puke up the bear. Needless to say, that was the end of “pink bear”!
By Nixon710
October 6, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this
Speaking of dog toys…..
When we came home with our new puppy, we bought her a “wubby”, that was a small stuffie, but you could warm it up in the microwave. She never went to bed without Wubby. Unfortunately, it got all chewed up and we never replaced it. She seems to sleep just fine without it now, but she must sleep with us, curled up behind my knees, (under the covers on cold nights).
By Katie
October 6, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this
I am 22 years old, a mother to a beautiful little girl, and I still sleep with my specail blanket at night. A friend of my fathers crochted it when I was born and it hasn’t left me since. Of course, it was not allowed to leave the house after a certain point, but I have slept with it nearly every night of my life. My husband even brought it to me in the hospital while I was in preterm labor.\ (of course, I made him take it back home, but the gesture was so sweet!). The family joke was always that I would walk down the aisle with that blanket, and on the day of my wedding I had my cousin sew into the hem a few threads that had fallen off and were blue, that I had saved just for my wedding day.
My dear little girl knows which blanket is mine, and if I am not feeling well she’ll go and get it and bring it to me. It’s been through alot in our 22 years togehther(I’m sure if the lady who made it could see it now she’d be shocked, but hopefully proud that its withstood so much!), but its also been an constant source of comfort and I don’t plan on getting rid of it.
My daughter has a soft yellow blanket that is appropriatly named “yellow” that she takes to bed with her each night, but isn’t too attatched to it beyond that point. She also has a Mickey Mouse that she is EXTREMLY attatched too and goes everywhere with us. I bought another one that i keep up in my closet just in case we lose this Mickey, I’m just fearful that she’ll realize its a new one and still be sad :( I think that at two and a half that the worse thing that can happen is to lose something that you love dearly and provides comfort to you !!!
By Joyce
October 6, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this
My son, age 6, has a small zoo of 5 stuffed animals that he sleeps with or watches tv with. They’re a cat, a turtle, a rhino, a jaguar (called Cheetah), a small cat, and a small panda. Despite all of that “biodiversity”, they’re referred to collectively as the kitties. They’ve gone to imaginary kitty school, the kitty dentist and they’ve all lost teeth. Whatever my son’s new experiences were, he would re-enact them with the kitties. In reality, they only physically leave the house to travel to my mom’s house in Michigan for vacation or for the holidays.
By Davida
October 6, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
My older (now 4 1/2 yrs) daughter, from the time she started daycare at 16 months, had to have her Baby Snoopy, which is a plush with a rattle in its belly. We bought 2 more ‘just in case’ which worked fine until she accidentally found them. Then she liked having all 3. Even now, although she doesn’t HAVE to have Snoopy, she sleeps with him and it’s funny to hear him rattle at night when she hugs on him in her sleep. My 2-year-old, in contrast, isn’t overly attached to any single object, but she does suck her thumb, and she likes to hold the earlobe of whoever she’s sitting with. Her ultimate comfort zone is to be held or cuddled, sucking her thumb, and holding onto your left earlobe.
By motherjanegoose
October 6, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this
Cute stories from everyone and an enjoyable read, I am waiting for my roof to blow off since Jeff actually agrees with me today and Lakerat has not said an unkind word…I feel blessed…LOL!
On Saturday, I was in Twin Falls Idaho at the College of Southern Idaho sharing a literacy presentation. I always talk about how children learn vocabulary from their environment and that even pets know words. I typically ask the participants to share a few words their animals know… while reading the posts today I remembered one teacher who told me that her dog has a BIG basket full of toys but if you as, “where is the pig…?” He will topple the basket and hunt until he finds it. I loved the story as our pets too have had certain words they know and favorite toys too like those mentioned above. Have a super day!
By fk
October 6, 2008 7:18 PM | Link to this
Theresa…I know that feeling! My son had a green blanket with satin trim. I cannot tell you how many times I mended that border. He had a back up that worked under extreme circumstances, for instance, if he had thrown up on the regular in the middle of the night. He was never attached to #2. I did save both of them. My mom saved mine and I still have it.
I did not make my son give it up, but he was not a thumb sucker. I don’t recall the age, but I do know that he had it in the early grades of elementary school. This I recall b/c he had a couple of friends who had blankets, too. It was like a secret society. The boys were funny…it was not something that was discussed in front of those who did not have one. The rule in our house was that the blanket never left the house once he was passed the toddler years, unless we were taking a long road trip.
By facebook?
October 7, 2008 6:47 AM | Link to this
why does a mother of 3 have a facebook page? I’m just sayin…
By CP
October 7, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this
After reading about some of the stories from our own childhood, I can remember the blanket that I used as well when I would suck my thumb. It was white satin that had a border around it I would run underneath of my fingernail. It was so soothing. When my dad decided I needed to stop sucking my thumb, he took the blanket away & put it in the closet. It still didn’t work after several months so he ended up giving it back. For whatever reason I quit on my own. But the blanket stayed with me until I was a freshman in HS. My dog decided it was a wonderful thing to have her 8 puppies on. Needless to say it was unsalvageable.
As far as the “debate” on whether or not thumb is better than a pacifier, I think each kid has his/her own preference & I don’t think sucking the thumb causes problems with the teeth unless it’s carried on past 6 or 7 (even then it’s still related to the kids’ mouth structure & how hard they suck.) My teeth are as straight as piano keys & I sucked my thumb until I was 5. I’ve been asked by a new dentist who did my braces & I’ve never had them. My oldest daughters are the same way (baby doesn’t have teeth yet.) My son, however, will need work done. He doesn’t suck his thumb anymore but he did until 7. His jaw is slightly smaller also so it may be more related to that.
When it’s time to quit, I tell them they need to keep the thumb-sucking only to the bedroom. And I make sure to praise them if I haven’t seen them sucking their thumbs for a while. My 4 year old is almost done with it now. Three down, one to go!
Hope everyone has a great day.
By Theresa
October 7, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
Hey Facebook — Facebook is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends — They are closed pages — so only family and friends that you invite can get on. I’ve got high school friends, college friends, aunts, cousins, and even some local friends. It’s an easy way to stay in touch and share photos of the kids. Also I have a lot of work friends on it from the ajc. So that’s why a mother of three would have a facebook page — to share photos of her 3!
By Numbers Guy
October 7, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
Mine never did suck his thumb, or go for a pacifier. He was MUCH too interested in talking to you to allow anything to get in the way.
By Sugar
October 7, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
My daugher had a “binkie” for about 6 months. She launched it out of her stroller one afternoon, and never went back. She never sucked her thumb either. Like NumbersGuy she was too interested in talking (I can’t shut her up now) to let anything get in the way.
I sucked my thumb until I was about 7, and never needed braces. My dentist hates me, he never makes any money off me or the kid. We both have beautiful teeth.
By Niti
October 7, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this
I have a blanket for you. My son has this pink satin quilt kind of a thing for his bed. He carries it everywhere in the house (something learnt from daycare). I need to give it up before he starts asking for pink clothes :)
By FCM
October 7, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this
My baby-blanket, crocheted by my Aunt (then 17 and not my Aunt)…currently sleeps with my oldest child. She has 3 other crocheted blankets…some went to pre-school, and one lives perm at my Mothers.
Both children sleep with crocheted blankets all the time. Both have several.
Once we did forget it in GA while we were out of state, and I thought we would never get them to sleep. My MIL had a crocheted rug, my child slept with that (we washed it). The other slept with a Irish Fisherman type sweater.
To this day if they are in the car they will grab a sweater if tired and rub it between their fingers. The blankets only travel if we are out of town overnight.
We had so many blankets b/c as I child I would only sleep with my baby blanket…I did not want to go through that with mine so I rotated the blankets when they were new born and then gave them a ‘home’ (school, grandma) etc at 3 mos….it worked well for us.
By lakerat
October 8, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this
“Pink Bear” is actually my nickname for you people…..Because I’m so much better than all of you!!!!
By bkenan
October 15, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
My 2 year old daughter has had a “snuggie” since she was born but when she was about 8 months old we got her another one and she takes it along with another satin blanket to daycare everyday, we dont leave home without it.
I see no problem with it, its a comfort thing for her. When we cut her paci, she put it inside a build a bear and now instead of having just a “bobbie” she has a bobbie bear!