This was a HUGE deal at our house. The girls took these blankets everywhere, and slept with them at night.....Rachel sniffed it when she sucked her thumb. It was rediculous. At bedtime NO ONE could go to sleep until we had searched the whole house for these blankets. If we went somewhere, they would insist on having them in the car....I would have to fight Rachel to not take it in with us. I have been pretty relaxed about it, b/c I myself was attached to a blanket when I was a girl until I was 4. Well, we decided the time had for them to go to "Blanket World".
If you don't know where "Blanket World" is, it is right beside "Passy Land" that my sister's pacifer went to when she was about 4. A fairy comes to your house to pick these things up when you are a big girl so that new little kids will have them to use. Yes, I am a big fat liar.....but it worked! Clay told them that if they would be willing to give them up, then we could go to Build A Bear to spend some of their Christmas money. You know, Rachel carried her blanket with her a lot more, but Leah was more upset to get rid of hers. Yes, I am a MEAN momma for taking a picture of this....but I just wanted to document it....it is a big part of their life, and then we went inside an rocked for a long time. And....proceeded with the story about the twin girls that these blankets would go to....how our blankets were perfect for the twins b/c they were just alike! Yes, I need to repent! But, after they got over being upset, we had no problems at all putting them to bed that night. We have been without blankets for a couple of weeks now, and they have only asked about them a couple of times. Wheh! Too bad I can't do the same thing with Rachel's thumb she sucks! I had thought getting rid of the blanket might break the thumb habit, but it hasn't. She just picks up something else to hold!
We put them in the recycle bin so that the fairy could find them. It is a good think that fairly came and got them as soon as we left the garage, b/c not even 5 mins later the girls ran back out there to try to retrieve them, and they were already gone!
Yes, I really did feel bad.....and for a few minutes thought that maybe I would have to call the fairy to bring them back, but thank goodness they got over it pretty soon.
And, b/c it isn't fair to Noah that the girls got rewarded when he hadn't been attached to a blanket to begin with, then he got to spend his money too!
Oh my goodness that is the saddest thing ever!! I like teared up looking at the girls!! Glad they are doing better though. Ashlyn was a thumbsucker (so was her daddy and older brother)(that is her daddy's son). I got her to quit when Garret was born by telling her she had to be the big sister and not the baby that sucked her thumb. She had to set a good example. But she was 5 before that happened. I tried everything before that. I taped socks on her hands when she was less than a year old and even taped her thumb up and she just pulled it off. I even got as desperate as tobasco sauce and she cried for a second, but then she had sucked it all off and was right back at it. So now who is the mean mommy!!
ReplyDeleteour boys have blankies and we are keeping them until they are shreds I swear! I've already had to sew gage's into different sections a few times! We were smart with noah and got him to be attached to a store bought one (since gage's was homemade) and bought two for noah!
ReplyDeleteYou aren't the mean momma, I am~ I don't believe in em in the first place!! I always have thought they were a big mistake and never did that one. Seeing a big kid dragging one is a pet peeve of mine, but I never say anything cause it isn't my business, haha! I trashed paci's at a little over 6months too, cause I REALLY cannot stand seeing a big kid with one. Karsyn sucked her thumb when falling asleep until 4.5 when she got old enough to want to quit. Although I hated her doing it at all, I didn't worry about it much because I literally never saw her do it other than at bedtimes sometimes, and hers always fell out when she went to sleep.
ReplyDeleteMore power to ya for getting rid of the blankies!! With you doing homeschooling, there was no clear time you "had" to do it, such as "time for school, you can't take that to school" and I think it's great for them to assert independance and know they don't need their ratty lovies! Go Maury!
You took em away, but DID YOU HAVE to take pictures of it!?!?! One day that is really going to be funny to them AFTER they have completed all their therapy! LOL I am like you it is a good thing that fairy did not get side tracked. Are they trashed or packed away?
ReplyDeleteMy kids were never really attached to blankies, but my toddler sleeps with a stuffed puppy every night. I'm glad I never had to cross that bridge.
ReplyDeleteIt's never bothered me to see a child with a blanket or whatever. Each to his own. The only thing that really peeves me is seeing 3-year old drink from a bottle. Yes, a BOTTLE. That is just horrible for their teeth. I switched my kids to sippy cups at around 6 months, or whenever they could sit up.
But anyway, I agree...they may laugh someday when they get out of therapy. I hope you saved the blankets!!
Aww poor thing!!Its good to let it go though,too.
ReplyDeleteI sucked my thumb until I was 7-I just had to let that go on my own-even after my parents put all sorts of nasty "stop bit" on it to get me to stop,I have an overbite but not too bad-so not really any real harm done...LOL.
Brave girls!!
that was a great idea! jackson "grew out" of his blankie. lauren, well, i had hers put up and then someone gave her another one. so now we have that one. i thought she might quit using it when she went to preschool like jackson did, but no. i will have to explain to her that she can't take it to kindergarten with her!
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