Is your baby attached to anything

Question

When Emma was younger (from two to five months) she stayed with a good friend while I was completing an internship and always napped really great there just like she did at home. The past couple of months if I had the same friend watch her, she could not get her to nap. She would cry whenever she laid her down. So the last two times she has been over there, I have sent the blanket she sleeps with at home (it is silky and really the only reason I used at home was because it is the only lightweight blanket she had and it is summer here). Anyways now she naps great over there. Isn't that odd. So, I just wondered if your baby is attached to anything and did you get a backup? I have no idea where this blanket came from.

Answer 1

My son is attached to a blue and green blanket. He has slept with it almost every night since he was born (first swaddling now as a cover) and he's 9 months old. He has a difficult time staying asleep without it.

Answer 2

My oldest did not but my youngest latched onto this super soft pink babydoll. It is a "my first doll" I had actually bought it for my oldest as an infant and she never liked it. Since the first time my youngest held it at about 5 months she has been attached to it. She is 7 and still sleeps with it. My oldest formed attachments once she was older but not as an infant.

We never bought a back up but I did try to find one and never could since they are 2 yrs apart, I had bought it 2.5 yrs prior. Keep a close eye on it. Once we lost it in Wal-Mart and it was terrible we searched and searched. Thank god someone set it up on a shelf instead of taking her. After that we never took "pink baby" as she calls it, in the store again, she always waited in the car seat.

Answer 3

My baby and Ambizzle's must be related because where I go, where the boob goes more specifically, is where my baby wants to be.

Answer 4

ok, me and my siblings all have a blanket or 2 tht we were or are totally attached to. she will grow out of it. when shes like 1 or 2 or3 somewhere around there she will take it everywhere with her. its ok let her and just wash it when she naps. and eventually we got tired of taking it everywhere and holding it so we left it at home. and we would sleep with it. and then we got tired of tht and we put it in out memory box. so she will grow out of it when she is older. its just a comforting way for babies. and she will grow out of it.

Answer 5

my son is attache to his blanket, cannot go to sleep without it, i like that he has some security when i'm not there.

Answer 6

my 15 m.o wont leave the house without her fuzzy pink blankie.  Until about two weeks ago, she only refused to sleep without it, but with the introduction of her new brother, it has become a carry-all. Fine with me, it makes her happy, and I bought an extra so I can sneak one into the washer every day or so :)

As for the four week old brother...he's just attached. Period.

Froggy style, tummy to tummy, in the carrier.

So I take that back- he is specifically attached to meitai and onbuhimo carriers. I have all kinds of carriers, but these let him stay in his little froggy position all day :)  He fusses in pockets, rings, and rebozos.  but the asian carriers  make him oh-so-happy. I think he likes his head against his um.. 'food source' :)

Answer 7

No. It may be weird, but my son is not attached to anything but me.

Answer 8

My best friend gave Johnny this beanie baby bear (it's a pumpkin bear cuz he was born on Halloween).  Anyways, this bear goes everywhere we go.  The only place it doesn't go is daycare - and the bear sits in his carseat all day until I pick him up from daycare, lol.  He gives his bear kisses, sleeps with it, everything.  It's hilarious.

Here's the bear I'm talking about.... http://www.amazon.com/Ty-Wearing-Pumpkin...

Answer 9

It may not be the blanket itself she is attached to, but the scent it carries.  Babies are VERY responsive to scents -- if the blanket smells like your home, or if you are frequently holding and touching it, it may even smell like YOU -- and that may be what is comforting her more than the feel of the blanket.  You can try sleeping with one or two of her blankets up next to you in your bed so they pick up your scent and see if that works too.  When my son was in the NICU, they gave me little tiny blanket-like things called "Snoodles" to sleep with, and after a few nights of acquiring my scent, they would put them in my son's isolette to comfort him.  It worked really well.  

Answer 10

not really, just my boob. lol my niece, on the other hand, is attached to her pacifier. my daughter is 7.5 months, my niece is 10 months

Answer 11

my brother hes 2 doesnt go anywhere without his blanket its soo cute but kind of annoying when my mom has to wash it lol i think its normal for babys to be attached to something