Homeland Security. Blanket.
In the event of a fire:
1- Remain calm. Stop. Drop. Roll. (Uh huh, riiiight. Run! Run for your lives fools!)
2- Ensure everyone gets out of the house safely.
3- Risk life and limb to GRAB BLANKIE else prepare for a lifetime of sleepless nights and naps.
I don't care what Supernanny says. As far as I'm concerned he can sleep with Blankie until he's 18. That thing is more MAGICAL than Disney or Santa himself.
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AMEN. There's a lumpy, pink and purple kitty pillow around here that works the same way. I'm not sure what kind of week it will be when it falls apart and I don't have any matching material left to recover it with!!! I've got enough left to do it one more time, but I tell ya, in two or three years, if she's not done with it yet.....
Yikes.
I hear ya. my son is almost 8 and still sleeps with his ;)
Great pic!!
looks like a great blanket.
AMEN is right!! We have one blankie per child - and oh crap if it is in the washing machine!!
You crack me up. I am lucky we have no blankie, animal or anything other than the portable DVD player.
That's so cute. All kids should have their own special blankie.
True! My friend's kid has a favourite (huge) handkerchief that is likely to be with her even when she becomes a mum! I say, let them!
How sweet.
My son has a teddy that is the same. I don't care if he sleeps with it for as long as he wants to!
My best friend from high school (we are 29 now) still has her teddy bear that she has to STILL sleep with every night. He traveled on her honeymoon, on vacation to Spain, went to college with her. She is about to be a mom, wonder if she will share her bear with her son, lol!
Fabulous. You have to get what's important. Great shot :-)
Evie is the same way. Without her nasty maroon fleece blanket she won't sleep. I say let 'em keep it.
LOVE the pic!
I AGREE! All of my boys have something special (a blankie, a stuffed animal) that they sleep with. Hey, whatever works! Joe is 6 and still like his blanket in his bed while he sleeps. Fine by me!
I'm with you. Life is way too rough without THE comfort of home. I am halfway to more than halfway through my thirties--and I still have mine.
GREAT pic--as usual. I'm totally jealous and MUST get a new camera. Recommendations? please?
I have heard of teddys, planes and dolls, but a blankie... so cute and practical. :)
Izzy ditched her blankie at like 18 months. I was sad!!!
I hate it when people make a big deal about kids and blankies or 'lovies' or whatever they have. If it comforts them just by cuddling it, why the heck take it away? Good for you for not following Supernanny on this one!
I still have my blankie from when I was 8. I don't need it to sleep though. :)
That title is just perfect!
HAHA - I agree. Most of my kids had blankets too - the work miracles!!!
Cute picture! Hope you are doing well. Have a great weekend - Kellan
I agree! Nothing wrong with a little blankie love!
Linus Van Pelt is one of my heroes -- and he always carried a blanket. I see nothing wrong here.
What does Supernanny know? The chick doesn't even have kids, does she?
Love the photo! Love that kid!
I miss chatting with you...
totally agree, coz they ALWAYS grow out of it. might i say - it's very clean!!!
Amen! Nothing can replace a love like that!
We've got "burpie" for our daughter and she's not giving it up any time soon! We just need to convince her that she doesn't need it in kindergarten next year.
Awww, so sweet! My youngest had a lovey until he was maybe 3-4 years old.
I forgot to say that if lovey was lost (loveys were cut up receiving blankets with satin sewn along edges) I in an emergency would give him my satiny bra or even buy a pair of satin underwear for him to love.
I WISH my girls had a "security" something! All they ever cared about was the paci, which aren't as socially acceptable past, oh, now. So they've both kicked the habit and we haven't slept since!
I agree 110%. My son doesn't even like for me to take his blankie away to wash it. Whatever lovey a kid needs, it's totally worth it. :)
Aw, I adore this image! So sweet and comforting. There's nothing like a snuggle blankie to make everything all better.
Happy Friday!
I heard somebody say they've never seen anyone walk down the aisle with one... But what about something old?
Emma has a stuffed angel bear that she has to have with her to fall asleep. She's had it since she was 6 months old and she curls up with it every night. One time she left it at daycare overnight and there was hell to pay.
I love this SO much
Can you please delete my first entry? Somehow that link got saved in Mr. Linky...
If it makes them happy then why not! :) Love your shots!
I agree 100%. I purposely encouraged Sugar Bear to have a lovey. I feel strongly that it gives a child a security that some need. I think it is awful to ever take a lovey away.
Yup. We have one of those here as well.
Definitely worth risking life and limb to save the blankie.
Only til age 18? Come on mom! My kids still feel "special" toward certain softie articles. I find it entirely normal and a sign of security . . .secure enough to appreciate something special. : D
We all need a security blanket...mine just happens to be what leads to my backside getting bigger!! A Coke...Code "Orange"...LOL
Amen to that!! I can still find mine tucked away all tattered in a box downstairs. :-)
Yay! I was always sad that my Mom took mine away.....and my little snoopy pillow :(
Great picture. And good for you for sticking up to supernanny. Why not let him have a blankie?
Yes.... you are right.
My older grandsons still have security blankets.
Would take an earthquake or a real fire to deprive them of their comforts!
Your son's is very clean!
Instead of blankie, I have old pillow with me.:)
My 7-year-old is still firmly attached to her blankie, with no signs of giving it up any time soon. She comes by it honestly - I only finally gave up my childhood pillow when I found out I have allergies (it was a feather pillow). And yes, I was in my 30's... :)
It's good to know you have your priorities straight in case of fire! LOL!
You are so creative! I love the title and of course the photo. I hear you on the blanket. His blanket is Gabby's bunny! You just don't leave home without it. Hope you are feeling well!!
I wish my son had a blankie or some other thing he could be comforted by. Right now, its just ME! I tried offering him all sorts of things but nothing worked so up until now, I have to be in his bed when he goes to sleep.
Here Here for the blankie. I know what you mean about security objects. My Cade is like that with stuffed animals. He absolutely must sleep with one every night.
my paige still has hers (and i won't tell you that she's almost 14)...
it's fine...my hubs still likes to cuddle down with a knitted blanket...shoot i like to cuddle down with hubs!
The blankie is very important and NEVER forget it anywhere!
Ah the memories. My now 17 year old son had a thermal blanket as a lovey. It was in shreds by the time he was 8, and he would be so mad when we washed the crud off it. Because the smell would be gone. Duh. One vacation, he forgot to pack it in his backpack, and it was left in his bedside table at the Ritz in Naples, FL. He was sad for a bit, but then decided that his lovey would be okay because it was in such a nice place;)
Indeed. What possible harm can being attached to a blanket do? I've never understood that one.
Heck. Think of all the stuff adults are attached to. I can tell within 2 minutes if the pillows have been switched and I don't like it one bit!
I love when they have lovies. I love his thermal blanket.
A-men sister. I'm all for blankie until they get married!
I am NOT kidding. :)
On of the few things that I scored at during this parenting train was making "blankie" a receiving blanket - interchangable at will- woohoo!
And he's 9 and still goes for blankie. I'm cool with that.
Same here. As long as he doesn't go to colloege with his stuffed turtle, I'm OK with it.
I couldn't agree with you more. I read another blog where the mom was talking about allowing her little one to keep the blankie for as long as he wanted too. And you know, as long as there are no habits that might be bad for his age like thumb sucking or something why take it away? W.W. still has his. :)
;-) ahh yeah every child have their own little thing.
For us it's "angel bear" which is a bear Emma got when she was a month old or so. Still going strong and coming up on the 5th year pretty soon.
The nose is running (piece of yarn) but otherwise it's just fine and there wouldn't be any sleep without it... So yeah you want to keep stuff like that around.
i agree wholeheartedly. which is why, i think, that each of my children have several loveys :)
i still have my old bear...
ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How funny! I hadn't seen your PSF, but I just wrote a numbered "how to" for my PSF right now!! :) :)
I think we can all identify with that one. Life without "tigger" would be unbearable in this house!
I have a friend who won't let her kids have a blankey OR a paci - how wrong is that!
I agree!
I bet it smells like Downey.
I had a tough day today.
I WANT A BLANKIE!
That is all.
They will give it up when they are ready. Who cares if it's never?
Ours is Curious George and Mickey Mouse. Must. Have. Those... at all costs.
oh girlie....I know where you are coming from.....I have backtracked through an Home Depot looking for a little pink bunny.
If I knew she was going to attach to that, I totally would have bought multiples of it.
Not giving you any hope, but at 4 1/2 she still sleeps (and sucks her thumb) with it. But like you said it is magical...she can keep it until she is 40!
Yep, each of my girls has a special blankie! Don't we all?!?!?
I love your photo stories .I will have to give it a go.
WE don't have blankies but about 50 different toys that change daily - thank 'god'ness.
Wow you are more than half way now.Exciting times ahead.
No joke. SAVE THE BLANKIE. At (almost) any cost.
However: if he say turns...28...and is at the hospital having a baby of his own, then (s)he should NOT take said blankie to the hospital, and insist on holding it and rubbing it on their cheek for comfort. Because the nurses will all make fun of you. And if you substitute a cabbage patch doll for a blankie? Well that will make the poking fun WORSE. But some people do this. No joke.
WITH YOU ALL THE WAY SISTER!! I would rather fight fire and water than loose than blanky!Kudos on keeping that blanky so clean!
This is a new blogm my other one couldn't receive comments, I tried to fix it, to no avail.
J seems to end up with a new "woobie" nearly every day. One day he grips Elmo and Big Bird heads (finger puppets, we don't rip the heads off of Sesame Street figures--just yet) in his chubby little hands, the next day it is an empty lip gloss container and a tiny Tupperware lid. The day after that it might be two little cars. One day he wouldn't let go of my sports bra.
I don't get it. But then again, I don't really TRY to get it. I just think it's cute . . . and really, really funny.
At least it's not bright green with soggy stains. It's a nice unobtrusive clean off-white which can, to any unsuspecting onlooker, appear to be a a necessary accessory. But the bottom line is: What works. I agree.
My daughter had two blankies and a paci she slept with until she was three and one day, she was done with all three of them. I have them all tucked away in my closet...
I'm so glad my kids don't have blankies/pacis/etc. that they must have. It would drive me insane.
**runs**
So true. I was just talking to my neighbors about their kids rather well-worn and loved blankies and how it would be so great to have a photo book of the security objects that kids have and have literally LOVED to pieces.
Totally looks like a magical keeper to me.
I WISH my daughter would get attached to a blankie. :)
Yup. ANYTHING for some peace and quiet! Wish Emma had a blanket - she is still terribly attached to her bottle, carries it around with her most of the time, even though I almost never put anything in it... I've been tempted many times to get rid of the thing, then she very quickly demonstrated why it would be a very stupid idea indeed... Grown children do sometimes graduate with bottle in hand, yes?
How sweet.
That looks just like my blankie! (which I do still have, but don't need for naps...because I don't get naps anymore...*sigh*)
Hey, man, or woman - whatever works! Like the name of your blog "whatworksforus" - touche!
You are ABSOLUTELY right on that one...we had our blankie from the time my youngest (who just turned 13 this week) was born until he was 9 almost 10...seriously, that thing was just strips of fabric by that time, but he loved it nonetheless.
As a matter of fact, I have the scraps in my hope chest...blankie lives on (one day he will pop up when my baby has babies...heehee).
Blankie RULES!
Melissa in Mel's World
Nothing wrong with a little comfort, if that comes in the form of a blankie, so be it. Nothing wrong with that.
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