The danger with lovies

ASmallWonder · April 2012

I never intended for Aiden to have a security item but he fell in love with the blanket he's always slept with and he has to have his "banky" every night at bed. The issue is when that item meets an untimely death of sorts, moments before bed. Tonight, fresh out of the bath Aiden ran into his room and proceeded to pee and get it all over his blanket. There was no way I could get it washed and dried for him to take to bed so I substituted another one but it broke my heart to hear him whimper "Banky? Whehahyouuuuu? Baaaaankyyyyy....."

Update: Thankfully he fell asleep without too much of an issue. This morning I woke up at 8:15 and he was still (amazingly) asleep. I told DH I was concerned he may have slipped into a deep depression over missing his "banky" :-p but it turns out he was fine

mmarsac · April 2012

DD has two. Not a substitute for one, but two that she has to have. She will not sleep without the combination. One time I forgot to put one in the dryer and we had a rough night! I finally threw it in there damp!

LilyRose28 · April 2012

Awww

DS hasn't taken to any lovies yet but as soon as he does I'm buying 2 or 3 spares of the same one! Hopefully it's not some one-of-a-kind thing he attaches to.

ASmallWonder · April 2012

LilyRose28:
Awww DS hasn't taken to any lovies yet but as soon as he does I'm buying 2 or 3 spares of the same one! Hopefully it's not some one-of-a-kind thing he attaches to.

Unfortunately, his is. It's a hand crocheted blue blanket that a relative bought for him a craft fair. Ugh. My MIL just finished crocheted him a new one that has a similar feel but it's white. Might have to dye it blue :-p

Chelle112 · April 2012

Aww. Every time DS's blanky is due to be washed, I have to sneak it into the washer and pray he doesn't notice it's gone for the hour it takes to wash/dry. It's pitiful to watch him roam the house searching for it.

MrsMommyQ · April 2012

DD has two also: a lovie (a little blanket with a bear head) and an actual blanket. She also has to have both. I have a spare lovie, but not a spare blankie and I'm soooo scared we'll lose it or something will happen to it. She'd freak.

GoBleu · April 2012

One of a kind?! That is rough. Good luck! Any desire to introduce a new one and phase out the first love? FX that the night goes just fine for you.

Our DS is still obsessed with the FP Seahorse. We have 2 at all times and have already thrown a third out because he gnaws on them so much. Even on our ride home from dinner tonight, DH and I were wondering how many we will end up buying and if he'll take one to college. Sigh.

lorist202 · April 2012

DS' lovie is a puppy stuffed animal. It's our practice that it's to be kept in the crib and that's what he expects. So far, there have not been any diaper blowouts, etc. in there (knock on wood), so this has worked out great.

Arcadia1114 · April 2012

Liam's lovie is a bunny that was a special item from Borders. It was $6 with the purchase of any book. Since Borders is out of business, we searched ebay for weeks for a back up Miles the Bunny. $20 plus shipping. It was like someone knew a desperate parent would pay anything to replace this lovie. As you can see, Miles is slightly loved:

fancynewbeesly · April 2012

Reese has just one--a stuffed lamb. She started preferring it early on--before 6 months. My husband's co-worker bought it for her, in a little store in MA (We live in NJ) while on vacation. Of course I looked for the brand (jellycat) and the lamb that she loves is retired. So impulsively I bought 2 extra on Amazon. She rotates through all of them.

Luckily she hasn't had a preference for a blanket yet--since all of the blankets she has are homemade

JoannaJes · April 2012

Mrs. Day:

Liam's lovie is a bunny that was a special item from Borders. It was $6 with the purchase of any book. Since Borders is out of business, we searched ebay for weeks for a back up Miles the Bunny. $20 plus shipping. It was like someone knew a desperate parent would pay anything to replace this lovie. As you can see, Miles is slightly loved:

Oh yes, there is a huge market on eBay for replacement lovies. We left DS's in a hotel room, and I paid $32 for a new one. And it was orginally about $9 from Target. They knew exactly what they were selling, the entire eBay store was "lovies" of all different kinds for insane prices.

CutieBean79 · April 2012

I am very conscious to keep her lovey in her crib & out of her reach in fear that something will happen to it and my sleep will be compromised.

Arcadia1114 · April 2012

JoannaJes:
Mrs. Day:

Liam's lovie is a bunny that was a special item from Borders. It was $6 with the purchase of any book. Since Borders is out of business, we searched ebay for weeks for a back up Miles the Bunny. $20 plus shipping. It was like someone knew a desperate parent would pay anything to replace this lovie. As you can see, Miles is slightly loved:

Oh yes, there is a huge market on eBay for replacement lovies. We left DS's in a hotel room, and I paid $32 for a new one. And it was orginally about $9 from Target. They knew exactly what they were selling, the entire eBay store was "lovies" of all different kinds for insane prices.

Darn it! Dh and I joked that we would create an online store and sell overpriced lovies. Someone beat us to it!

mojito14 · April 2012

elmoali:

LilyRose28:
Awww DS hasn't taken to any lovies yet but as soon as he does I'm buying 2 or 3 spares of the same one! Hopefully it's not some one-of-a-kind thing he attaches to.

Unfortunately, his is. It's a hand crocheted blue blanket that a relative bought for him a craft fair. Ugh. My MIL just finished crocheted him a new one that has a similar feel but it's white. Might have to dye it blue :-p

You just described Harrison's lovey:

numeria11 · April 2012

So far we've been lucky, DD is pretty fickle about her love of stuffed animals/blankets. She always has 3-4 animals in her bed, 2 that are constants and 2 that rotate at any time based on her mood that day but none of them is she obsessed with thankfully as long as there are a bunch in there she's cool. The only thing she seems to really adore is her Aden and Anais blankets but luckily since we have 4 of those it's easy to swap for washes. She loves the danged things so much I even went out and got her one of their thicker blankets for Christmas because her little thin blankets weren't cutting it this winter.

faith194 · April 2012

DS loves his Aden and Anais swaddle blankets. This winter we bought two thicker ones. He has to sleep with one. I am thankful he doesn't mind which print, since often times we have several in the wash.

I have a friend whose daughter's lovie is a stuffed decorative Halloween cat that cannot be replaced. It has been lost several times(even had to turn around on vacation to get it at a restaurant it was left at). My friend has had several mental breakdowns over the lovie being lost.

I am thankful, DS hasn't taken to anything that is one-of-a-kind.

acesup · April 2012

as soon as i noticed DD starting to become attached to her "baby" I went out and bought another one exactly the same and started rotating them right away before she'd notice. now both of them are tattered, but at least when i have to wash one i have a back up!

hterry85 · April 2012

We lost DDs "teddy" at one point. It was terrible! And then we found out they didn't make them anymore. After some mad ebaying, we now have 4 lol Three that we rotate through the laundry here, and a spare at grandmas.

SoDoMojo · April 2012

DS's lovey is a blue blanket that we got for free from a yard sale. It's pretty simple so I thought finding a back up would be easy. Well, it wasn't. Then a friend of a friend said she had one just like I that her kid didn't use. She gave it to me and altho it's white DS seemed to cling to it. Until one day. He was pissed and I gave him the white one and he practically said "WTF is this!?" as he threw it down. Maybe I need to check eBay....

SoDoMojo · April 2012

Back from eBay. Some jerk wants $35 for one that's 1/4 the size. It's a blanket from Walmart FFS!

mavs_girl07 · April 2012

DD and DS are both super attached to their blankies. We have THREE of each. One to keep at school for their naps, one at home in their beds, and one extra back-up just in case!

mmarsac · April 2012

I still have my blankie. I still sleep with it. Embarrassed

I bought DD one just like it when I was pregnant, and she sleeps with it in the exact same way (pulled up under her cheek).

juliane2004 · April 2012

Yup, I buy two lovies per kid so there's a backup in case on gets peed on, puked on, or dropped in mud.

DD just thinks we are SUPER fast at cleaning her pooh bear.

JLSmith124 · April 2012

DS1 has two blankets. One that my Aunt made, and a fleece monkey blanket. I washed them one day and he opened the bathroom door and saw them spinning around in the washer (we have a front loader.) It was the end of the world for him. What made it even worse was that I had to then put them in the dryer afterwards and he knew I wasn't coming out with them. Again, the end of the world.

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egunstream · April 2012

I just posted my first post ever last night regarding this SAME topic! Our sweet girl has taken to a specific blanket from Target. Some amazingly beautiful handmade blankets are sitting in her room unused because of this $5.00 blanket!! It is complete comfort and happiness for our girl yet they stopped making them and we cant find one anywhere! I think a few moms on here had one they were willing to part with and I am SO thankful for that! We will get two back ups, just in case!!!!! It is so sweet how much she loves to snuggle and sleep with it, thumb in her mouth while gripping the blankie at the same time pushing it under her little nose- its worth the crazy search!!

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