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Both of my kids change out their preferred loveys pretty often. They will be obsessed with one particular item for a few weeks than change on their own. Some have been more reasonable than others.

I wouldn’t go as far as saying LO’s blue blanket is a lovey, but he’s very fond of it. It’s larger than a throw blanket. It’s his first blanket layer when he sleeps at night and he gets tickled pink when he sees that I brought it on trips. The blanket has rules- it stays upstairs in his room for the most part. On one occasion it went to daycare, but LO didn’t like that he couldn’t have it back until it was washed.

Due to its size I purposely have given smaller things to sleep with too like a soft rubbery dinosaur (Target $3 spot) and his tag blanket from when he was a baby. He can bring those items almost anywhere and they are comforting. Long story short try adding something else that is a bit more portable.

My guess is he’ll trade it for another lovey soon enough! My three year old gets attached to a toy and sleeps with it for a week or so and then trades it for a othe obsession. She once slept with one of those felt pieces of bread from a Melissa and Doug sandwich kit and I’d wake up to her screaming in the middle of the night that she lost her bread after it slipped through the crack on her bed. Luckily she’s moved on to a larger throw blanket that is easier to keep track of!

my six year old is still attached to her lovey (A&A blanket) that she drags around the house but she knows it's not allowed outside the house. I'm pretty sure I implemented that rule a little before she was 3 bc she would take it everywhere. We have another rule that it should stay on her bed but I only halfheartedly enforce it bc it's not a big deal but I need to keep reminding her bc I found her one morning on the toilet with the blanket in her lap

I've been wondering about this myself. My son is highly attached to his lovey - one of those softies with an animal head attached. He sucks on it while he falls asleep most nights and usually wants to take it out with him first thing in the morning. I've been curious at which point he will transition to something like a stuffed animal (he has a few he's fond of, but nothing he's attached to to the degree of the lovey).