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blankie question

jstrat53jstrat53 member
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My daughter never took a pacifier but she did take to a blankie/lovie.  She has always sucked on it though.  I never thought much of it when she started, it was a comfort thing and I only let her have it when she was sleeping.  She didn't carry it around all day. DD is 19 months old now and the blankies are starting to get pretty gross looking and wont come clean no matter what I try.  I really want to just throw them away but DH thinks it is cruel.  I wouldn't care if she had a blankie if she didn't suck on it. The thing is literally soaked in the morning.  Thoughts?!?! 

Married DH September 2008
DD1 Born March 2012
DD2 Due November 2014

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Re: blankie question

  • jstrat53jstrat53 member
    Nicb13 said:

    If it's just your husband that thinks it's cruel and your LO isn't freaking out then I'd throw them away. Have you tried replacing the gross ones with new ones to see how your LO reacts? 

    DS loves blankets but if we rotate old ones out and new ones in, he doesn't care at all.

    She has 4 blankies that are identical.  I switch them out every other day or so to wash them and she doesn't care about that.  I actually bought a lovie on Amazon a few weeks ago because I was thinking of trying to swap one of her current blankies with this new lovie (it is a little blanket with an animal head on it).  I have put it in her crib since i bought it to get her used to it. Yesterday at nap time I tried to not give her her old blankie and just give her Pickles (we named the new lovie).  She fussed a little when I laid her down and asked for it a couple of times but I just told her it was lost.  I thought she was actually going to be ok with it but as soon as I shut the door she started crying. I let her got for about 5 minutes and then I just gave in.  She fell right to sleep when she got her old blankie.

    I know if I do this I will have to just throw them out and not turn back. I am just not sure if I want to yet.  Part of me thinks, what does it hurt, and the other part of me hates them cause they are so gross!  I wonder if it is bad that she is so dependent on it to sleep?

    Married DH September 2008
    DD1 Born March 2012
    DD2 Due November 2014

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    I agree, if you are washing them that often then they are clean.  I wouldn't worry about taking them away...she will probably get to an age where she just doesn't need it anymore.  But right now, I wouldn't mess with it - she obviously loves them and you don't want to mess with something that is working!

     

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  • jstrat53jstrat53 member
    I wash them often but they will never look clean again.  They are all yellowed.  They start to smell after her first nap though, as soon as she sucks the life out of it.  I guess that is why they are gross to me.  I had a blankie growing up too.  I don't care about that aspect of it, I just don't know why she sucks on it.  It is like a pacifier to her.  

    I will probably let her keep it and hope that she grows apart from it.  

    Married DH September 2008
    DD1 Born March 2012
    DD2 Due November 2014

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