Son has a blanket issue?

Question

My son is 3 yrs old and he is attached to his Winnie The Pooh crib confonter that he has had since birth. He does not do good with change. The problem i'm having is he refuses to sleep with any other blanket. I have told him he can sleep with his winnie the pooh blanket along with a bigger blanket so he stays warm at night but he throws a huge fit. I will wait for him to fall asleep and sneek in his room and cover him up with another blanket, however soon after I go back in to check on him it will be on the floor. There have been times where he will bring the other blanket and will tell me "No mama". His favorite blanket is not big enough to keep him warm and he is getting cold in the middle of the night and then has an accident. So any of you ever have this problem and come up with a good solution? I'm going to put him in a blanket sleeper tonight but I feel he needs to learn to accept other things, just not sure how to go about it.

He never takes it anywhere else. I never said that I was planning on getting rid of it.

Answer 1

Man, this sounds like a toughy. I'm not sure what I would do. Maybe you should sew buttons or snaps on his blanket and attach them to the bigger blanket and say that the little blanket needs to be stuck w/ the bigger blanket because it gets lonely at night. Or you can try sleeping bags and letting him think he's on a super exciting camp out in his room! He's only 3, so he's probably going through a stage where he thinks he's right. He's old enough to want to do things his own and make his own decisions even when they might not make sense to you...
why don't you try asking him what he would like to do, explaining to him that you don't want him to get cold and to have accidents at night.
try to see the whole thing through his eyes, and be open minded and creative!

Good Luck!!!

Answer 2

Take the Winnie the pooh blanket out...He will fall asleep when he is tired, and make sure he does not drink before bed and turn up the heat in his room. If this is to harsh then you can make his blanket smaller and smaller by cutting it alittle each day, one day it will be small enough to hold in his hand, but it's still his blanket, and he only gets his old blanket if he sleeps with a nice big new one. or get him the same pattern Winnie the Pooh toddler comforter. also you say he does not do good with change and at three years old does he say more words not just "No mama" He should be saying short sentences, make sure his doctor is aware.

Answer 3

sweetie, I think your worrying too much about it. You said he doesn't do well with change. My son is the same way so, yes, that does cause some worry, but I have found out that is no reason to worry, either. My son used to get upset if we moved furniture around ... things like that. I started asking in advance if he wanted to do something different (drink from a different cup, maybe) .. most of the time he said no ... so I dropped it for the time, and tried again a few days later with something else. He eventually started saying "ok-mom, we can move my bed over there" ...
He is still young. this blankie is his comfort & is no cause for worry. stock up on the blanket sleepers & don't make a big deal of the blankie, it will only make him feel bad when its nothing to feel bad over. He will eventually get to a point where it wont be as important, when the time is right for him. when he is ready. You sound like a very loving mom who wants the best for her son, but honestly, hun, he will accept other things in the right time.
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Answer 4

my dad tells me that i had the igsact same problem as a 3 year old, exept mine wasnt winnie it was piglett. he spent months and months trying to get me to use a different blanket and i never would. in the end he found a piglett sleepingbag, that looked exactly like the blanket. Same design on the front and back of the sleeping bag that was on my blanket. it will keep your son warm and if you put the right idea into his head about it being "just like camping out." putting glow in the dark stars above his bed will make the idea more real. hope this is helpfull.
xx kell

Answer 5

I'm not a mother. Heck, I'm in highschool, but I might be able to help. I was attatched to a stuffed dog the same way. I HAD to sleep with it, and if I lost it, Hell broke loose. BUt I grew out of it once I had started preschool and daycare and interacted with lost of kids. He's young and young children have problems with change, period. I'm sure you have tried alot, but I remeber that when my parents tried to bribe or coax me with stuff to let the stuffed dog go, I didn't care. You really can't change his mind. It's a fase. He has to grow out of it. Right now, it is his security at night, and plus, he is three. I can promise that this wont last for much longer. He will find more important things and eventually moves on from his blanket. But, he was probably stubbor like I was and no matter what you say, he doesn't care. Just let him try to grow out of it/ I know that is cliche, and definitely not what ou want to hear, but it's the most obvious answer. If he is convinced easily, try taking him to a store and letting him pick out his own big boy blanket. That might sweeten the deal. You never know.

Answer 6

Dont take his fav blankie from him.. just let him hug it.. hold it... or whatever , then lay another blankie at the foot of his bed and tell if he gets cold its there if he needs it . He will probably decide to on his own and be sleeping with both. Hes old enough for blankets and pillows. My daughter is 4 and has 3 pillows and two blankets and flops around on them all while sleeping lol.

Answer 7

Hmmm I think the blanket sleeper is a good idea. Why don't you try explaining to him that he is a big boy and needs a big blanket now and that you are worried about him getting cold and that you love him and want him to stay warm. Then maybe let him pick out the bigger blanket. I would try to involve him in picking the second blanket, maybe that will help. Good luck

Answer 8

If there's another blanket in the room and he needs it he'll get it. My 3 1/2 year old has a favorite blanket too, I see no need to fight with her over it.

Answer 9

I wouldn't worry about this at all. It is his comfort. Just put him in the blanket sleepers, give him his blankie & nothing else. You do not need to come up with a solution, honey. Your worrying about this too much. He doesn't need to accept another blanket at 3, sweetie.

Answer 10

well..you could try extending his favorite blanket... try sewing it into another bigger blanket... for the moment
but you'll have to make him realize that he cannot keep that blaket forever.. that he will grow up soon and that blanket would be worn out and all too small for him. it will probably take a while and a lot of whinning if you take away that blanket. but im sure he will soon forget about and adapt into a new one.