he is four years old. he loves his blanket. his dad thinks it is time for him to stop using it but i don't see the problem with him having it. he doesn't take it to daycare with him or anything, he just likes to have it when he is going to bed or riding in the car. and the plus is that he'll use any of his twenty or so blankets. there isn't a certain one that he has to have. if it makes him happy and isn't hurting anyone why make him stop?
2007-01-30 04:27:10 · 23 answers · asked by ? 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Tell daddy to suck it up and let the kid be a kid. There is absolutely nothing wrong with him wanting his blankie. If he was 20 years old, that would be a different story. Good luck.
2007-01-30 04:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by barefoot_yank 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think its a problem at all. He's not hurting anything and doesn't seem that attached since he doesn't take it with him everywhere. My cousin had a blankie he was attached to when he was little. He kept it for years and it did go everywhere with him. He just turned 30 a few days ago and he turned out to be a fine, young man even though he carried his blankie until he was 6 or 8 years old.
2007-01-30 04:36:41 · answer #2 · answered by Edward L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At four years old no. My youngest son took his blankie everywhere until he went to school. He is now 19 going to college and playing baseball. He has a wonderful girlfriend and is doing great. I don't think the blankie had an ill effect on him. It is just a security thing.
2007-01-30 04:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who was the most reasonable and loveable of the Peanuts gang? Linus, of course...he of the Blanket.
Of course it was just a comic strip, but it sounds like your husband wants your son to just "grow up and be a little man". If your son was inordinately attached to any of his blankies, he'd be demanding to take one everywhere. I don't see any harm whatsoever in allowing him to have it if he finds it comforting. Whatever your husband thinks, your son is still a small child!
And ten years from now, you'll be nostalgic about the days when a mere blanket was the "problem"!
2007-01-30 04:45:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm having an issue with my 2 year old step daughter about having a blankie. normally, it wouldn't be that big of a deal since she's only 2, but when she was an infant, instead of a pacifier, she stuck her blanket in her mouth, so now she has an oral fixation to go with her attatchment. so we're having to keep all blankets out of her sight until it's time for bed.
but as for your son, 4 years old is a little old to still be doing the blankie thing. not too long from now, he's going to be starting school, and the last thing he needs is to give his friends a reason to make fun of him. he's a big boy now, so he needs to start acting like one.
2007-01-30 04:49:59 · answer #5 · answered by LoriBeth 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I am going to have four children soon and my third child is attached to her blanket. I never gave her a pasifer and she is almost three only at bed she wants her blanket. I am thinking they grow out of it. Next year he will be going to school soon. We all have our favorites even as grown ups we like our certain pair of pjs or certain pillows we like. He is normal dont worry about it. Im not the type of mother who babys on children to much but i think its always ok to make your child feel safe and loved. Its alot better than seeing him with a pasfier your not trying to keep him a baby so dont worry about it.
2007-01-30 04:42:32 · answer #6 · answered by jerry w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's fine too.
While it may be embarassing to daddy, the ill-effects of calling him a 'baby' or 'just grow up' are more harmful than walking around with a 'blankie'.
While other 'sources' may say, "don't listen to your husband", I'm sure your husband wants what's best (emotionally) for your(s) child also. Show him some other examples of kids, or get some online resources of other examples, - and present it to him in an accommodating way.
But in the end, - it's not something that should be allowed to cause a 'rift' in the marriage.
BTW: emotionally complete adults come from being emotionally complete childish children. (with plenty of imaginary friends and discipline at their level).
2007-01-30 04:35:25 · answer #7 · answered by MK6 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO it's let him have his blankie. At least he isn't in bed with you, sucking a thumb, using a bottle, or a binkie. I'm 22 years old and still have my childhood teddy bear...and i still use it too. It's a security. He's starting school and getting holder it helps him settle down and get through life there isn't any harm.
2007-01-30 05:26:26 · answer #8 · answered by rnlmamma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is 4 years old also and he still has his blankie from when he was born. He sucks on it everyday wherever he goes it has to come with us. My boyfreind and many others think its time for him to get rid of it. I definitly dont agree i told my boyfreind to get rid of his favorite thing first, but of course he wouldnt. I think it is so cute that he loves his blankie so much. Its not harmong no one and it keeps him happy so i see nothing wrong with having it at all. dont take it from him.
2007-01-30 04:39:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No...not at all. You mentioned that he doesn't take it to daycare so that will be a plus later on down the road. When he gets to that "school age" it may be time to start weaning him off the blanket.
2007-01-30 04:36:45 · answer #10 · answered by Ellwood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋