my one year old cannot sleep without his "blankie", but it's starting to fall apart. does anyone have any sugg

Answer 1

Present another lovey at the same time so that he'll learn to take either for comfort. Then eventually remove the tattered blanket leaving only the new lovey.

Answer 2

I have two grown daughters, one is 25 & the other is 21. When my oldest was a baby, she received a "Baby Morgan" thermal blanket with the silky nylon binding. It started getting pretty bad looking when she was about 2 or 3 so we went out together to buy a new one. She picked out an identical blankie but in a different color. We got home, washed the new one, she wanted nothing to do with it, it got packed up for 4 years until her little sister was born.

Today...both girls still have their original blankies and still sleep with them. My kids didn't walk around like Linus or anything, they just rubbed it as they were falling asleep, now it's just in their bed with them.

You could try to get your son a new one but it's highly likely that he won't accept it. All of the holes, frays, etc are nothing but LOVE. View it as such. Kids get attached more to the smell of their blankie....it's comforting to them. A new blanket will not have the "old" love smells. You may think it smells atrocious, but that's not what is important...it's what he thinks.

Please...whatever you do...don't take the blankie away, what is it hurting? Absolutely nothing. I can't believe some people said they took their child's blankie away from them. He will decide when he doesn't need it anymore and like in the case of my children...they never did decide they didn't need it and still have it. They are perfectly normal, well adjusted young adults....who just happen to still have their baby blankies. It is just a very sentimental reminder of their youth. If your child does decide they don't want their blankie anymore, please don't throw it away. It's such a sacred keepsake.

There is nothing wrong with a child having a security blanket, plus I'd rather see that than see a 4 yr old sucking his thumb, a binkie or bottle!!

Answer 3

Let him keep it until there is nothing left. My son was a Linus, he took his blankie every were. Since I had made it, I was able to patch it and keep it not too bad looking, but by the time he was three, the dragging the blankie thing around was wearing pretty thin. I let him go spend the day with his Aunt and Uncle and she "conveniently" hid it when he wasn't looking while he was ready to go home. I had him distracted and by the time we were down the road away, he noticed it was gone. I told him that he must have forgotten it and that we would get it the next time we visited. He was a little upset, but not too bad. In a week, he forgot all about it. I was afraid the separation would be much worse, but it was pretty easy. But then, you can reason with a 3 year older easier than a one year old, so I say let him have it until it's almost dust.

Answer 4

Blankies are very important. How about sewing it to another light piece of material until your baby can enjoy it behind a picture frame as something to decorate the bedroom?

My brother had a hat, a black hat, that was wearing out. My folks bought a replacement, exactly like the first. But he wanted that one and only hat. But it is worth the try to buy one exactly the same and then put that new blankie in bed with the old one. When the baby is asleep, switch them but leave the old blankie in the bed. Oh, before you give the new blankie a try, wash it several times to soften it.

Answer 5

When I was little, I had a "blankie" too. My aunt gave me a teddy bear and I forgot all about the blankie. I actually still have the blankie and teddy bear today. My little girl sleeps with my teddy bear and the blankie, falling apart with all the corners chewed up, sits in a keepsake box on my closet shelf. Eventually he will outgrow his need for this kind of security, but I haven't seen it really be a problem with any of my children. I'd suggest replacing it with a stuffed animal, a new blanket or just patch up the falling apart blankie.

Answer 6

In this situation I purchased two of the same blankies for my daughter, that way I could always put out a clean on while the other was being cleaned. She never knew the difference! And this helped out alot with the wear and tear.

But in your case you don't have a second one, and by the current condition it's beyond trying to trick her into replacing it with a new one. You could try telling her that it's time to get a new blankie, and let her pick one out (and on the sly get another one and use the trick I did). If she doesn't want to do that then try your best in patching blankie up. Go to a material store and try to find the material similar to her blankie and patch it up. But I know it's not going to be easy at her age; Good luck to you.

Answer 7

DON'T do anything, let him keep it always, let it fall apart until just one molecule is left, never make him feel guilty about it and when it is really destroyed ask him if he'd like a new blankie (do this in the store in front of cute baby blankies) if he says no, don't worry about it. He's not going to be a 10 year old with a blankie. He'll get rid of it when HE is ready and you will be reinforcing to him that you are always there and accepting of him and that you aren't forcing him to grow up too fast!

Answer 8

Hey,

Ok, best thing to do is buy a new blankie and sleep with it one day. I know it sounds weired but it will have your scent on it. When you baby wants the blankie give him both, soon he will be so use to the new blankie that it wont be as much of a problem if the other one is gone. The scent is because when sleeping it will calm him making him more comfortable.
All the best hope i was helpful! This is true though i learned it in psychology class:)

Answer 9

One good idea, if you know how to sew at all, would be to make the blanket into a small pillow. If it's starting to fall apart, use contrasting fabric to make patches for it. This way he can still have that blanket, but it'll last a lot longer. Other suggestions I've seen done are to take the blanket and cut another piece of fabric the same size, and sew them together to create a backing for the original blanket and make it stronger. The original blanket may wear away, but you'll have that stronger backing that can become the new blanket and be replaced/backed as needed, so just sort of layer.
You might also take a teddy bear or another thing your child can snuggle and put some patches made out of the blanket onto the pillow or teddy bear, so the blanket is still there, but is free from it's worn out parts.
Or, just let it wear out, and when it's gone, then it is.

Another idea would be to buy a blanket that looks similar.

I hope something there helps.

Answer 10

I had a blankie for the longest time too and when I think of what I won't mind when I was that age is to maybe make a little pillow and use the blankie to stuff. Then the outside has a nice appearance, but the blanket is the same just safely hidden.
My mom sewed my little sister's into a little teddy bear with button eyes. It was really precious...

Answer 11

If it is a really desperate situation, then what I recommend is that during the day, you get a nother blankie that looks the same, and keep it in a box with the old one, so the smell from that blankie transfers to the new one. That way then the old one eventually falls to bits, the new one will look the same and smell the same, and hopefully your child will accept the new one based on the scent and appearance.