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kellyrn9956 · March 2014

I thought that we had gotten though infancy without any attachment to security objects. But lately J is crying for his pacifier and toting a blankie around everywhere. He screams when I try to take it for him. Is it normal to attach to items, even after a year, when he never had any of this before?

msdrdg · March 2014

DS didn't have any attachments until he got a T-Bone dog (Clifford's friend) for his 1st B'day. He clung to that thing from the moment he opened the present till.......

I had to get a 2nd one just in-case.

theseaword · March 2014

I'm not sure how old your child is. DS1 developed an attachment to a blanket around 18 mos. He doesn't carry it everywhere with him, but he sleeps and naps with it and if he is tired or doesn't feel well he asks to cuddle with it. I think it's cute. I'm not worried about it.

ShamyCooler · March 2014

DD was around 6(ish) months when she became attached to her "lovie". She is now 3, still takes it pretty much everywhere, and definitely needs it for comfort when she's sick/upset/going to sleep. I don't see anything wrong with it. Like a PP mentioned we all have something we take comfort in. As long as DD realizes there comes a time when she can't always take lovie with her, I'm ok with her having it as long as she needs/wants it.

kellyrn9956 · March 2014

Oh, I don't see anything wrong with it. It's just a change for him that came out of the blue.

MamatoA2010 · March 2014

Hell my 4 y/o still has a lovey that she carries everywhere, snuggles with when she doesn't feel well, naps and sleeps at night with. She developed her attachment to it around 17 months. I'm not worried. She won't be going to college with it, I can assure you

pandaglitter · March 2014

My six year old still develops new attachments. For awhile it was this white cat named Mr. Francis Johnson a Family Company (who evidently went through a change and is now named Helda). For the past 6 months or so it's been Panda, a stuffed panda. She claims she can't sleep without him because he protect her. I often have to retrieve him from places throughout the house before bedtime. She took him to my moms the other day.

It happens. It's okay. I wouldn't be surprised if many kids have attachments throughout their lives.

Hell, I have this tiny turtle I've had since I was 3 or 4 that's wooden and I have to have him set somewhere in my house to this day. I almost started crying because I couldn't remember where I put him. I just like my turtle.

littlemermaid · March 2014

My kids got attached to a certain stuff animal shortly after 12 months.

RondackHiker · March 2014

@pandaglitter‌

The cat's name, and "change", is cracking me up.

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