https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:10:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839921 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:04:13 +0000 themrsgoff 2839921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839886 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:01:39 +0000 Truth Bombs 2839886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: Can you get another one of them, and then cut it into smaller squares that are for outside the house? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839869 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:25:24 +0000 misolee 2839869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my six year old is still attached to her lovey (A&amp;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 :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839833 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:48:18 +0000 Sams Mom 2839833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@castilrm: hahaha, my son had the wooden sandwich kit from Melissa &amp; Doug, and slept with the burger the first couple nights he had it. :P</p> <p>One more reason I need to ditch co sleeping, I wake up with his current obsession buried in my kidney after he lets go of it. I've had a golf ball, wooden burger, bouncy ball, all sorts of stuff... ughhhh</p> <p>I. WILL. SLEEP. TRAIN. MY. SECOND. CHILD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839780 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 22:20:02 +0000 castilrm 2839780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839747 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:39:03 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2839747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: fingers crossed! My kid drags hers through the house 24/7 and it is glued to her or panic ensues, but she knows to drop it like it’s hot before we exit the house. Usually bestows a smooch and a hug on the little guy and then plunks him on the floor to be scooped up promptly when we arrive home. She also talks about her bunny as we pull onto our street or sometimes before. Haha. I wish I was loved so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839702 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:47:48 +0000 Sams Mom 2839702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: He has so many small stuffed animals, and I wish he would pick one of them for ease of transport, but this blanket seems to be all that and a bag of potato chips to him. :\</p> <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: &amp; @Mrs. Goose: Maybe I can get him to pick something in the dollar spot! I am realizing now that "Ne-Ne Night Night" (how he says trains and what he calls blankets) will need some rules. Like I don't mind if he drags it through the house, but it can only go with us if we're going out of town or spending the night with nana &amp; grandpa. Hopefully this works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839677 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:08:27 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2839677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: can you just say it’s only allowed in the house or to go somewhere if he’s sleeping there in case it gets lost? That’s what we did for my nearly 3 year old with her much smaller lovey and it is accepted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839671 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:47:04 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2839671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839658 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:46:55 +0000 Ajsmommy 2839658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD has two... one is her blank that has been with her since she turned 1, she hasn't changed it and I can't imagine she'd let me swap it for anything... </p> <p>Her other lovey is a stuffed animal and from 1 yo it was a pillow puppy... but we went to Disney when she was 4 and she picked a new stuffed animal and that has now become her lovey. </p> <p>So basically she did change one of her lovies but she did it, we didn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839657 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:45:56 +0000 Sams Mom 2839657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I am hoping he rotates out of this one, just because it's so big. It's not bad around the house, but out in public it's just a pain! He has drug it around for a couple weeks now. </p> <p>@Silva: I am on the hunt for like the perfect Thomas the Train lovey (might sew one), and then tell him we can leave the big one at home because that's where it lives, and then we can take this little one everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839656 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:41:37 +0000 Silva 2839656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend's son became attached to a metal back hoe. She told him he couldn't sleep with it, and helped him make a bed for it out of a shoe box.<br /> Could you just tell him it has to stay on the bed? And say that if he wants to bring something other places, it has to be one of the "portable" blankets? You could even make up some kind of imaginary story about it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839654 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:38:42 +0000 Foodnerd81 2839654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ridiculous-lovey#post-2839652 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:30:28 +0000 Sams Mom 2839652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So my 2 year old up until this point did not have any kind of lovey he was attached to (even though I've bought a couple of the small blanket/stuffed animal combo ones for him). Well he has become very attached to this giant fuzzy thomas the train blanket, like it will cover a full size bed. I have tried substituting it for smaller comparable things (fuzzy, thomas, fuzzy thomas) and it's all a no go. </p> <p>Has anyone ever successfully swapped out a lovey, and not just snuck in a duplicate for laundry, daycare, or loss? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2830349 Sat, 23 Jun 2018 21:17:56 +0000 starchild 2830349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kiddo is only 6 mos and hasn't picked a lovey yet but I do worry if/when it ends up being a stuffed animal she got from the shower or something we only have one of. We'll deal with that when the time comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2830292 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:13:44 +0000 AngelicOne 2830292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have A &amp; A blankets (multiple backups since DS doesn't care which pattern), an Ikea dog (and a backup), and an Easter Bunny monkey (and a backup). The one thing he's attached to the most though is a monkey an elderly gentleman gave him as we was leaving Walmart one day, so no backup. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2830200 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 09:47:10 +0000 Mommy Finger 2830200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the A&amp;A security blankets for both boys. Each had a color and I had about 8 of each that we rotated through so that there was never one favorite. It worked out sooooooooooooooo well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829856 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 03:03:52 +0000 Emmalina 2829856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have eight :silly: our son sleeps woth two and we switch them out every couple of days for washing - constant rotation so one isn't more worn than any others. he will not sleep without one </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829825 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:54:49 +0000 wrkbrk 2829825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@justjules: Girl we are on Lamby number four. 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829810 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:56:38 +0000 ineebee 2829810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely have back-ups and absolutely bring a back-up on vacation! My son sucked on the corners of his Angel Dear lovey and they got pretty gross, so we ended up with maybe seven of them? Now after having lost a few, we’re down to four, but I’m SO glad we had back-ups! </p> <p>Another vote for washing them and rotating them out so they are the same level of worn. We added two more to the mix later on, and he rejected them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829808 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:42:15 +0000 Iced Tea 2829808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but it didn’t work for us. The blanket was already a bit worn when she made it her lovey, and I wasn’t able to imitate he same texture on the new one, despite many washes! She’d cry and shout, “NO! Not the soft one!!” </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829781 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:38:24 +0000 FaithFertility 2829781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ohhh yes, I did. but now DS knows he has 2 a d wants both at night lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829760 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:45:02 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2829760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! My mom bought DS a 2 pack of security blankets from A&amp;A and I ordered a second set. We lost 1 (no idea where, keep hoping it will show up) and 1 is kept at my IL's since he sleeps over occasionally. I can rotate when I need to wash them.</p> <p>We have a couple of lovey's that DS never got attached to. I held onto them for LO #2 but I only have 1 of each so leaning towards starting with options that I can buy duplicates of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829739 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:39:52 +0000 gestalt 2829739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: Yes, after i bought a backup, she needed to sleep with both!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829723 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:04:59 +0000 threeplusme 2829723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@badgermom Me too. My twins had loveys they were attached to so i bought backups. They found the backups so then they needed two at a time. I then bought 4 more for each in case we needed backuos for those! At the time i was living with my mil during the week, our house on weekends with the occasional trip out of state to my parents so i was so afraid we'd lose one or two and then be in trouble. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829716 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:46:52 +0000 lindseykaye 2829716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: Ditto. She 'lost' one and we were able to successfully swap it with the backup and then found the original in her play kitchen oven. So now we have 'lovey' and 'other lovey'.</p> <p>Sneaky me has a third that I never broke out because I bought that real quick on ebay once she had to have the two!</p> <p>Back when she had one, we would bring the backup with us but never take it out and keep it in our own luggage, etc. I agree with the comments to give them equal wash and wear - we didn't and she kind of could tell they were not the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829701 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:09:24 +0000 WinterBee 2829701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@justjules: We also back back ups. At chapters they sell ‘a pair and a spare’ of most of their loveys. It’s super cute and helpful! </p> [attach=6058/18/pamvro.320x400.858B7BFF-77AF-4774-858A-934B8D115D93.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829694 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:33:39 +0000 Jennibenni 2829694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have two backups, three identical things total </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829689 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:25:03 +0000 SweetiePie 2829689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes 2 back up Loveys and regularly rotate them. Or at least wash them all together so they get equal amounts of wear and wash.<br /> And whenever we travel by plane I always take one in our carry-on and one in our checked bag.</p> <p>ETA; fortunately my son would be fine now without it (almost 4). And he never seemed to care about a specific one. But I’m glad we took precautions.<br /> Oh and we’ve also never let him take it out of the house except for travel. Like no dragging a lovey to the park or even in stroller. Minimize risk of losing it.<br /> And we had one we kept in the car. For a while he thought it was magic that it was always there waiting for him. Now he just calls it his “car raffy” (raffy is lovey’s name) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-a-lovey-did-you-buy-an-emergency-back-up#post-2829685 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:17:25 +0000 Ajsmommy 2829685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did not and luckily so far that hasn't been a problem. Both my kids have blankets they love and DD who is 4 has a stuffy she got from Disney that now goes everywhere with her. I have thought about buying a back up stuffy, just in case but I just haven't done it yet </p>