Holding weird things to fall asleep

Sporty1216

does anyone else's kid insist on holding strange things while falling asleep? So far, my LO has taken a bottle of baby ibuprofen, a bottle of sugar sprinkled for cake decorating, and my watch with him to fall asleep. I don't get it, but whatever works!

momofmanyinthemitten

Does he have a lovey? All of my kids hold/rub their A&A blankets while falling asleep.

Talltrees82

That's hilarious and cute! My LO doesn't sleep with anything. He's starting to show some preference for a stuffed mouse, but not to take to bed.

Sporty1216

@kielpinskim --that's the funny thing! He does have an A&A lovey that he loves to cuddle with. But sometimes, nothing but a small hard-surfaced object will do! I should get him a little people animal or something. Maybe he would like that...

ETA--or Sophie! Maybe she would work...

yellowflower15

You probably don't want Sophie - he'll roll over on it and it will squeak and wake him up. At least I would worry about that! We have a rule that no noisy toys go to bed for this reason (more for the 3 year old).

My LO loves to hold nursing pads while he falls asleep! I wonder how that started...

rrachelle813

My hand. She has to have my hand up against her face to sleep. It's not a big deal now bc we cosleep but I have no idea how to break the habit when we decide to finally transition her.

Sporty1216

Our Sophie's squeaker broke somehow...so maybe I could still get away with it. But good point, @yellowflower15! I had to take away the sugar sprinkles because he kept shaking them and waking himself back up. Haha. Also, I was afraid he would figure out how to unscrew the cap and then I'd have a real mess on my hands!

ksulli

OMG YES!! She has and loves her giraffe which she hugs every night, and used to need a paci in her free hand but it's also been: a plastic tomato, a tube of bubbles, a set of toy keys, a wooden carrot, the ButtPaste, a travel size tube of toothpaste. God knows what else.

babayRFL

My LO is the opposite! If I put a stuffed animal or blanket or anything next to him he throws it to the other side of the crib! And usually it'll end up outside the crib by the morning

Sporty1216

Tonight it was the nosefrida. Hahaha. @ksulli--glad we're not alone on this one! It is cracking me up. He will point and say "dis" and then go get what he wants and come back to cuddle/rock to sleep. So funny.

yellowflower15

That's so funny/adorable! I'm basically trying to force an attachment with a stuffed owl, but my LO is not having it. Not sure why I feel he should be attached to something, but I kind of do! DD is inseparable from her teddy and sucks her fingers - so many attachment issues! It just seems normal to me, but it's probably better that he doesn't.

Sporty1216

I have an elephant I really want LO to love, but so far all I can get is random plastic items. Maybe eventually they'll get the hint and love the cute things we have chosen for them, @yellowflower15 !

yellowflower15

@Sporty1216 glad I'm not the only one trying to force it!