Dropping the blankie:/

Heyjordynhey

Ds is 14 months old and has grown attached to his favorite blanket. He has to have it all the time or else he flips out. Well here recently when I lay him down for naps or for the night he normally cries for a few mins then goes to sleep, but now he'll drop the blanket out of the crib while he's standing up crying. And he will cry for litterly hours till I go in there and pick it up. And if I don't he won't sleep. And he'll drop it maybe 3 or 4 times each time it's sleep time. I'm not sure if there's a way of keeping the blanket in the crib or if anyone else had this happen and they found something that worked.
I just feel so bad for him crying like this, but part of me thinks he throws it out because he knows I'll come back in and get it...

hilsy85

Yup we went through this. I finally decided that I would give it back to him once, and if he threw it out again, that was it. I wouldn't give it back and if he didn't sleep after an hour, I woudl end the nap and try later. Well the first time he cried for 35 minutes ( I was also nap training so I did checks at 5, 7, and 10 min) and then fell asleep without his lovey in the crib. Which I NEVER thought he could do. The 2nd nap he threw it out again but fell asleep after 6 minutes of crying, again without the lovey. After that, there was no crying and he stopped throwing it out. 

twinkletoes3126

That's rough. I would probably do what the previous poster said and give it back once and tell him you aren't coming back. Then I wouldn't go back in, although I know it's easier said than done.

fusionbride

LO had about a week where she threw out her lovey at bedtime, declaring "uh-oh!". After the first night of me giving it back to her FOUR TIMES, we came up with a new policy and I stopped picking it up for her.  After a few days she stopped throwing it out.

She will still throw it out in the morning sometimes, but doesn't cry over it-- I think she's just bored waiting for us to come in and get her.