Does anyone else's baby have a blankie attachment?

Jackie - posted on 04/07/2010

omg, I can't believe someone's parent did what my mom did-where she cut my blankie down to pieces until there was nothing left.....but anyways, yes...my son also has a blankie obsession. Not only is it his blankie, but it is also his "doggie" which is a blankie shaped like a dog with a head and tail. He takes them everywhere with him....but I don't mind. I'm not going to take them away from him until later on....it's a security thing, and it's not hurting anything.

Hanadi - posted on 04/07/2010

HI my son is 18 months and will NOT go to sleep unless he has his blankie and the problem is that his blanket is a winter blanket so in summer its boiling hot and he wont let go of it and i would be so imbaressed when im in a shopping centre every one would be looking at me . like its hot and ur giving him a big fat furry blanket but eventyually his just started not to ask for it him self , but he still wont sleep with out a furry blanket a cotton or a quilt wont do it has to be furry and cozy , i think there sopose to come out of it them self's

Frances - posted on 04/07/2010

My son is almost three and he has blankies.... I have just taught him that blankets stay in the bed so it doesn't go all around with him. If we are going anywhere he might get tired in the car then I bring it because if not he cries for it. I don't see it as a problem it makes him feel secure and happy then I'm happy.

Rachel - posted on 04/07/2010

My son loves his blanket, he will not sleep without it. If I want to wash is I have to make sure I do it between nap time and bed time or I can not get him down.

Linda - posted on 04/07/2010

My kids didn't have a blankie problem but I did as a child. I was 18 and had a child before I actually got rid of mine. When I was little I would take it everywhere with me. It was my safety zone. As I got older I stoped taking it everywhere, but I still had to have it to sleep at night. I finally got rid of it cuz of having a child of my own.

Lauren - posted on 04/07/2010

All four of my kids have a blankie attachment. My oldest which is 5 only uses it now at bedtime, my 4 yr old still lugs it around with her everywhere she goes in the house and she also has a thing for her pillow (just the tag, lol). When her old pillow was getting worn out we cut the tag off and sewed it on a new pillow. My 3 yr old twins take theirs with them in the car but not into stores. Its normal for a lot of kids to have an attachment to something, whether it be a blankie, a toy, or a stuffed animal. As they get older they tend to not need it as much. Good luck!!!

Jessica - posted on 04/07/2010

My daughter has a bear that she can't leave home without. She does like to have a blanket close to her face when she sleeps but doesn't really have a favorite one. My little girl is 15 months.

Ashley - posted on 04/07/2010

I had this retro looking throw a friend gave me for Christmas a couple years ago, and my son (15months) claimed it as his blankie! Lol. He mainly just wants it when he's tired/cranky, but if we're around the house and he sees it, he wants it. I dnt allow him to take it outside, which he loves being outside anyways so it never turns into an ordeal. When he's tired, he'll grab a piece of it and rub it across his mouth, or bite on it. When I get him up in the mornings & after naps, he hands me the blankie first, then holds his hands up for me to get him out. Lol. I think it's a security thing, but I think they'll eventually grow out of it. Good luck!

Brittany - posted on 04/07/2010

my son is 2 and he has his one blankie that he loves! when he is tired or upset he just puts it over his head. lol. that is how he falls asleep with it too! i started a while ago just not letting him take it out of our house. he can have it anywhere in our house but not outside. the only exception is if we are going to a familys house for the day and he will nap over there, or of course if he stays the night with a grandma.

Karen - posted on 04/07/2010

my son has a blankie that he has to have to go to sleep with it has a satin back and he rubs it on his cheek - he's still very young so to insure no problems with taking it everywhere when he gets older it never comes out of his bed

Lauren - posted on 04/07/2010

My son is almost 3 and is attached to his one blue blankie. He screams and cries if i forget it when we go out. I think they will give it up when they ready...its there comfort.

Jennifer - posted on 04/07/2010

lol my son is almost two and still has a blankie, and in fact he used to love any blanket, but latley he just wants his basketball blankie, thats it and even if I tell him it's getting washed, he'll still ask me for it for forever!!! Hope this helps you to know you are so not alone.

Meagan - posted on 04/06/2010

i have two sons my oldest now six had the same attachment. when he got to about three i would let him take it in the car but not into the store or wherever we were going. now he just snuggles with it at night.i think its totally normal for kids to do it. my youngest has the lovies. i wouldnt rush them out of it. they will grow out of it. :)

Shayna - posted on 04/06/2010

My only child has not, however when I was young I did. I remember it was the love of my life, and it has to go everywhere with me or I would freak out! My mother said it was getting to the point where the blankie was just disgusting, and my dependance on it was out of control. What she did was gradually with time keep cutting small pieces off of it, I never noticed. Then in time it was to the point where there was nothing left to it. It really worked!!

Stephanie - posted on 04/06/2010

Hi i have 2 girls one is 5 and the other is 8 months and my 5 year old has had this blankie since she was a baby i learned a long time ago with her that is her confert zone is to be holding the blankie she use to take it every where with her and we let her have it to the doctor told us to when she got about 3 the blankie started to stay in the car and now she is 5 she only wants the blankie when she is asleep and now my 8th month old is going through the same thing and i am going to do the same thing i did with my 5 year old most kids and a safe zone can be their thumb, a toy, or even a blankie it really can be anything but when they hold it or suck on it that one thing makes them feel safe and they will grow out of it belive me my safe zone was sleeping under things when i was a baby and until i was about 6 i sleep under my bed or under the table and it is ok every kid grows out of their safe zone there is really not any age its just when they are ready i hope i helped you out