https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 15:04:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits/page/2#post-1861261 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 10:09:31 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1861261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1's lovey is her blanket and we let her have it all the time. It seems to ease her anxiety so it's worth a few extra washes to us. We did keep it on the back of her chair at the table so it wouldn't get too filthy when she was eating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits/page/2#post-1861244 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:50:22 +0000 photojane 1861244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She uses an A&amp;A blankie as her lovey, and she has one in the crib, one downstairs, one in my bag, and one in the car. She really only uses it when she's sleepy. I wouldn't mind if she wanted to take it with her out, but she's not interested in it once we leave the house. She is too busy exploring &amp; touching EVERYTHING. She is only allowed the paci in the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits/page/2#post-1861185 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 08:19:39 +0000 LovelyPlum 1861185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: my doll came to college with me, so... :)</p> <p>But to the OP's point, no lovey during meals seems totally reasonable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1861173 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:53:40 +0000 meredithNYC 1861173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: My LO is 2 and still lovey-crazy. We joke that Lamby is going to college with her, lol. It's weird because I consider myself fairly strict as a parent, but the lovey battle is just not one I think I need to fight. But yes, many a lovey has been lost to a stroller toss, which is annoying. We usually have a back-up hidden in a closet in case of emergency :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1861023 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:49:57 +0000 LovelyPlum 1861023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: same! Well, some of these reasons and the fact that she kicked her original lovey out of her stroller and it is now gone :( But we solved that by getting one that travels with us, and the special ones now stay at home. She's only 5 months, but I can't see myself limiting her lovey at home. A paci, maybe, but I do not see a harm in the lovey! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860923 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:25:17 +0000 lemondrop 1860923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never had "loveys" until 2 1/2, now he has to have a Matchbox car to carry around most of the time. He has to park his cars at meal time, and can't bring them to playtime at the YMCA or swim class. The rest of the time he can carry them wherever and always has to have one in each hand at bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860843 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:30:04 +0000 Ree723 1860843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't really put any restrictions on her lovey - it's a Carter's little blanket with the animal head and I don't see any problem with her carrying it around with her when she wants. Monkey (lovey) doesn't usually leave the house unless we're going to be gone over nap time, and she doesn't get to have it whilst eating, but other than that, she can play with it when she wants. Sometimes she brings it out of her room during the day, sometimes she doesn't, but it always needs to be there for sleepy time! I'm not fussed and it makes her happy, so so be it! The paci was a different story though - bed time only! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860833 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:14:02 +0000 meredithNYC 1860833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It had never occurred to me to limit lovey time, though looking through some of the responses I think there are certainly good reasons to do so. My LO is 2 and Lamby goes everywhere with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860794 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:20:59 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1860794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do all the time except meals. It's a blanket and that's gross! He hasn't totally freaked about it yet. I just leave it on tr table and say he can have it when he's done...</p> <p>Although he's never (20 months) asked to take it anywhere we wouldn't want it like a restaurant...that could present some problems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860779 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:58:03 +0000 Mommy Finger 1860779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I might have been skewed by the fact that my nephew and nieces have been allowed to take their lovey everywhere and I saw what a mess that caused for my brother and SIL. Therefore, we keep the lovey and blankie in his crib or at least his room. If we were to be driving a long distance, we'll usually give it to him b/c we want him to nap. He did go through a phase where he did want it all of the time and would freak out if he saw one around the house (like if we had folded the laundry but not put it away yet) but we've stayed firm on this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860766 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:45:08 +0000 Dandelion 1860766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D has had a blanket his whole life that never left the house, but was allowed everywhere in the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860753 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:34:39 +0000 bunnylove08 1860753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is very attached to her Pacifier, we try to limit it to sleeping and car rides only. its been hard because when we go out in the evenings she has her moments of meltdown because she is tired and we do cave and give it to her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860750 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:31:48 +0000 LuLu Mom 1860750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She knows that "bankie" doesn't come to the table when we eat and she will leave it in the car when we go places so it doesn't get lost, however it is with her all the time. She needs it for comfort a lot of time and always to sleep, and if a blanket can settle her down and prevent a tantrum I'm all for it. Once she hits two, I'm going to try to adjust just for sleep, but she will need it for naps at daycare, so they will have to enforce it too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860736 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:24:58 +0000 Lindsay05 1860736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We let DD1 have her blanket almost everywhere but the table. I think it was good for her especially while travelling. Now she is 27 months and it was nothing to get rid of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860728 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:22:01 +0000 Bao 1860728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't limit their A&amp;A blankets much. I prefer they don't go into the store/restaurant etc but they end up there sometimes anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860722 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:19:24 +0000 HabesBabe 1860722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't let her take them out of the house, and not during meals. So she basically carries them for about an hour after she wakes up, then forgets about them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860514 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:48:48 +0000 looch 1860514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I just wanted to pass along some info from my son's SLP. Basically, pacifiers should be taken away around 11 months...usage after that causes issues with the palette and teeth. We're dealing with some pretty serious issues around my son's prolonged usage, past the age of 3, so if I could turn back time, I would have taken that thing away so fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860499 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:37:58 +0000 JoJoGirl 1860499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: yeah I can see that. Right now she's attached to it after school/before dinner, but never more than an hour during the day. We'll have to wean her off it at some point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860498 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:36:59 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1860498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: there have been some studies that have found that they can lead to language or dental issues with prolonged use. Personally after working with young kiddos for years, i just think they get in the way. I hate when kids try to talk through them, or when you have to get them to take them out to talk. I just chose to keep them as a bedtime only item so we can avoid that. Im sure there are plenty of kids who use them all day/long term who are just fine, i just dont see a point in the risk for our family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860458 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:18:44 +0000 sooz 1860458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have rules, too, and he is perfectly fine with it. No lovies outside of the house and no lovies during means. Otherwise, it's ok around the house. We're really firm on these rules and he seems fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860436 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:59:21 +0000 JoJoGirl 1860436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Amazing this seemed to hit everyone's LO around 15 months. Interesting developmental milestone or something.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860434 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:58:39 +0000 cmomma17 1860434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I'm actually going through this too with my almost 17 month old! He has an angel dear blanky/animal, but he's also wanting to carry around several other things (a blanket, a stuffed animal, etc.). For now I'm just letting him do it because I figure it will be a phase. I am strict about taking it away at meals because it can get too messy and also with the car (he can bring it in the car, but then it doesn't go with us inside a store, Nana's house, etc. because I don't want to lose it). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860432 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:57:31 +0000 JoJoGirl 1860432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: Wait, should I be limiting her paci time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860385 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:30:23 +0000 Adira 1860385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't let Xander have his lovey (A&amp;A blanket) during mealtime either. He's messy enough as it is - I don't need him to get that dirty too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860367 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:20:16 +0000 blackbird 1860367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About a month ago, E started demanding her loveys at mealtime. I had to start hiding them b/c if she saw them she wanted them. I try to leave them in the crib or something during mealtime. She will go get them when she wants them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860364 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:19:10 +0000 mkp17 1860364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has a stuffed animal that she likes to carry around and at first wanted to hold it when she ate, left the house, etc. We started teaching her that Mr. Turtle sits on the counter and watches her eat breakfast and she puts him there in the morning now. And we put Mr. Turtle in the same spot when we leave the house and say "bye bye" and she has been ok with it.<br /> I'm sure it's a stage (like everything else) and she'll grow out of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860357 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:16:22 +0000 sandy 1860357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: same - it's for bedtime and quiet time in her bed. When we travel it stays in the bed as well. </p> <p>The only exceptions have been I have allowed one lovey (she has 2 small stuffed animals and prefers her bunny over her sheep) to go to her 2 year check up bc she had a traumatic ER and doctor visit just a few weeks before she turned 2. I also allowed bunny to come to the dentist. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860351 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:15:51 +0000 kodybear 1860351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i limit it to an extent. lo is almost 22 months and she mostly uses her lovey for sleep and in the car. otherwise i don't like her using it just because it gets dirty and gross. but if she sees it around the house i'll let her play with it and then try to hide it when shes not looking :-) she knows the limits though and gives it to me when i get her in the morning and in the car when we're about to get out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860332 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:08:19 +0000 shopaholic 1860332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 18 months and loves her lovey. I think around 15 months she started always going to the crib and whiting, reaching, doing anything she could to get her lovey, so now it's allowed around the house, but I usually try to throw them back in the crib when she doesn't have one. She is really attached to her lovey when she is sick, teething, and sleepy. So I figure those are the times she really needs it. My limit is usually bringing it out of the house, and definitely not while eating or in the bathroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lovey-limits#post-1860316 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:05:16 +0000 looch 1860316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I limited the lovey, because I didn't want to be in a situation where my son took it out of the house and we lost it and I wasn't able to replace it. I eventually had a backup, but that was my driving factor in keeping the lovey in the house, primarily in the crib. </p>