https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:35:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481196 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:40:04 +0000 yoursilverlining 2481196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Commiseration here - I'm looking for tips myself as well!<br /> My hands are LO’s lovey and always has been. It’s SWEET, don’t get me wrong. She always wants to hold my hand, especially if she is nervous or tied. She rubs my hands to fall asleep, and holds my hands while she sleeps. Her biggest self-soothing mechanism is to take my fingers and rub them on her nose in little circles. But, I don’t know how we can move her into her own bed and get her to put herself to sleep while she’s still addicted to “mama hands”! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481098 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:58:19 +0000 threeplusme 2481098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You're not alone. My daughter is almost 3 1/2 and my hair is still her lovey. We weaned at just over 2 so I think she really became attached and I just can't seem to break her of it. I have to lay my head next to her at night so she can play with my hair to fall asleep. I actually have had to yell at her from time to time because she'll pull hair out. I actually have a whole patch in the back that's shorter because of it. I've joked that I was going to get her a wig to sleep with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481091 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:54:58 +0000 nana87 2481091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: lol someone recently asked me something about her hair styling, assuming that we cut it that way on purpose, and I was like "you seriously thought we intentionally would give her a mullet??!" </p> <p>@ValentineMommy: oh she'll chew on my hair too, yuck! now she knows she's being "silly" when she does it, so she does it for attention... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481078 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:47:57 +0000 regberadaisy 2481078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nana87: haha both girls rocked the mullet look! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481073 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:41:17 +0000 ValentineMommy 2481073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Commiseration here.</p> <p>DS is only 7m, but my hair is definitely his lovey. He grabs it, twirls it, chews on it (blech), likes to rub it over his face.....yea. I'm right there with you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481066 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:37:02 +0000 nana87 2481066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: lo's hair is now in that super awkward phase where it's too short to really all be pulled up, but if i do nothing it's completely in her face. I try to pull her bangs back with a clip but she pulls it out 3/4 of the time ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481042 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:26:01 +0000 regberadaisy 2481042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nana87: haha DD1 was legit, practically bald till about 2.5! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481035 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:17:50 +0000 nana87 2481035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: haha my lo went through a brief phase of grabbing my earrings and saying "boo boo?" she pulled out a few stud earrings that way fiddling with them, ow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481031 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:13:06 +0000 nana87 2481031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: ahh maybe I just need to wait until lo's old enough/her hair is long enough to swap it out for mine! It's still too short for her to really play with :silly: </p> <p>I've been thinking through this more and I really think her new insistence on holding my hair/me noticing it more/it being more inconvenient has to do with weaning, so I'm just trying to give her as many cuddles as she needs right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481029 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:11:42 +0000 erinbaderin 2481029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no advice but the same problem - my son's lovey is ideally my left ear (he fidgets with the earring) but he'll take my left ring finger if he has to. It's a real problem! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2481008 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 07:36:58 +0000 regberadaisy 2481008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha I BF'd both girls so ...yeah. I'm definitely their lovey! Just commiseration and that it does eventually end!<br /> DD1 did the hair thing to with me and now whenever she's tired she starts playing with her hair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-los-lovey-is-you#post-2478549 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:43:12 +0000 nana87 2478549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your lo's "lovey" is you, what do you do?</p> <p>LO has always loved playing with my hair, but it's getting a little out of control. I'm realizing that she's not really attached to any of her loveys or stuffed animals (though she does cuddle them sometimes) in any way comparable to her attachment to my hair. Maybe it's because we just weaned last week? Or because she's starting to have some "terrible two-"ness (she's 23 months)? But she constantly asks to hold my hair or just straight up grabs it, and I can't always be carrying her or in a position that allows her to reach me (ie, when she's eating, in the stroller, etc). I've tried substituting other toys, or my hands, etc, but she just wants me/my hair. </p> <p>I'd love to hear any tips/success stories/commiseration! </p>