https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 06:03:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2614400 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:45:47 +0000 reyorra 2614400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter has two Teddys, one "home Teddy" and one "school Teddy". Friday is her favorite day of the week because when she gets home, she now has two Teddys! We have a third Teddy, but at this point, the two real Teddys are so worn (noses and feet especially) that a switch would be super evident. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2614315 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:23:03 +0000 PinkElephant 2614315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@misolee: Somehow, even when I tell DD I "washed" Doggie (and actually just gave her the duplicate) in about 30 minutes, and he is miraculously dry, she'll still believe it's the one and only. I think it's a bit of a suspension of reality - she wants him back in her hand badly enough that she's not about to question how it happened.</p> <p>She does, however, know that her sister has two blankies...some day it will all come together! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2614290 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:39:12 +0000 misolee 2614290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So my LO is 4 and she's attached to a specific A&amp;A swaddle blanket. We have the exact same one but she knows it's different. Her "backup" one she tolerates bc she knows the original needs to get cleaned or washed. But as soon as it comes out, she cuddles with it. We limit it to her room (we don't even let it in other parts of the house) for fear of ruining it. No advice...just commiserating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2614276 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:04:11 +0000 ladybee 2614276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: our lovie is a gund huggabuddy names Puppy. We have 3. He sleeps with two at home and one at school. Then we let him pick a gift for baby brother and he picked blue puppies. I so get it! I'd buy all the doggies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2614258 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:01:03 +0000 PinkElephant 2614258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks, all!</p> <p>I ended up ordering two. I don't expect them to ever be a replacement for Doggie, but I like the idea that we have 1-2 more backups in case something happened to both of our current ones. I fully intend to disclose that the one that goes to school is different, and hold the other new one in reserve. As I mentioned in my first post, she's got simply no clue that there are two now, even though one has a missing eye and their noses are in various states of chewed-up glory. He's still got plenty of life left in him, though, so hopefully he'll last til she doesn't need him anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2614246 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:23:15 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2614246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried this with a 2yo and the new lovey (a panda from Ikea) was rejected. So I wouldn't but all of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2614159 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:15:24 +0000 looch 2614159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had multiples of loveys for my son, but I'll be honest, he knew from the beginning that they weren't the one and only, because sometimes, he had two of them at the same time.</p> <p>At this point, if I had to replace a lovey, I wouldn't even try to do it with the same one in a different state, I'd bring my son to a store to let him pick out something else.</p> <p>Good luck, there's no easy solution, you know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2614154 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:08:35 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2614154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ALL the doggies!!</p> <p>We got lucky that DS' only lovey is the little $5 bunny/snuggle blanket from IKEA, so we bought 5 or 6 of them. We're also lucky that he 's not super attached. BunBun is good, and helpful, but I don't think it would be a disaster if he disappeared. DS has actually seen more than one out at once, but didn't seem to notice or care - he turns 2 next month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613934 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:51:26 +0000 rachiecakes 2613934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: I tried to sell a second kitty to DS as his 'Figgy's brother but he didn't take it. All he cares about is Figgy, no substitutions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613836 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:25:56 +0000 snowjewelz 2613836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just buy at least 2 anyway no matter what.</p> <p>DD is the same way... I have an identical lovey but the "fur" is just not the same. She prefers the rougher older/dirtier one and I washed the new one so many times and it remains soft and fluffy lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613822 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:59:26 +0000 PinkElephant 2613822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: haha I already had to make our existing Doggie pink ribbon collars. Maybe I can put some blingy rhinestones on this one :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613819 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:57:57 +0000 lamariniere 2613819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: if she's in to pink (or whatever her favorite color is), maybe you could tie a small colored ribbon around it's neck to make it more enticing? My DD would totally fall for that. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613807 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:50:07 +0000 macintosh 2613807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel you on this! I'm afraid I'll be buying wubbanub elephants in the future and cutting the paci off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613804 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:45:04 +0000 PinkElephant 2613804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I think that's the best way to sell the story! At Christmas I tried to buy her one of the larger version and said it was Doggie's Mommy, but she wasn't interested (too many other toys, I suspect) - I ended up returning it. As for going to a toy store...I do love the idea, but am a little reluctant because in my neighborhood, the spots with cheaper toys (Target) tend to get treated like playrooms, so the stuffed animals are manhandled a bit, and the nicer toy shops mainly stock Jellycat &amp; big Gund animals - I was hoping to keep this inexpensive :)</p> <p>I've just asked DD1 if she'd be interested in one of Doggie's sisters to take to school and she said yes, as long as it's a girl, but she was less enthusiastic than I expected. Maybe I will just buy two for now.</p> <p>@youboots: @threeplusme: @psw27: I knew I wasn't the only one who would think the more Doggies, the better! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613783 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:24:01 +0000 psw27 2613783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>knowing me, I would buy them all! (if they aren't expensive!) I think having a few backups doesn't hurt but maybe there is a way to explain that original doggie needs to retire? haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613751 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 06:28:05 +0000 threeplusme 2613751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your not crazy. My twins become attached to a lovey so I then bought a back up. They found the backups and then became attached to each having 2. We often sleep over grandparents homes and I was afraid we would lose loveys in between homes so I bought 4 more of each lovey. So in total they each have 6! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613743 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 02:03:32 +0000 lamariniere 2613743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could you sell them to her as Doggie's brothers and sisters? I would definitely buy at least 2. </p> <p>On a different note, would it work to take her to a toy store (instead of looking online) and have her pick a new lovey for daycare? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613729 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:03:58 +0000 youboots 2613729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Buy 4! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/replacement-lovey-for-a-four-year-old-wwyd-long-and-short-versions#post-2613724 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 22:23:01 +0000 PinkElephant 2613724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The short story - how do you go about giving a four year old a new version of a (previously irreplaceable) lovey when you've suddenly found one, and her old one is WAY TOO DESTROYED to ever trick her into thinking it's the same one?<br /> --------------------------------<br /> The more dramatic story:</p> <p>DD1, who was 4 in June, has a little stuffed dog (actually, two of them, but she doesn't know that) which was given to her by my sister as a parting gift on a visit to my sister's house when DD1 was about 17 months old. Doggie originally came from Target and was not intended to be a special toy; he just looked like my sister's dog and was really soft and cute. Of course, DD1 became super-insantly-forever attached to it, and she relies on it hardcore to this day - for sleep, comfort, a friend.....this thing is her most prized posession and will be for a long time. As soon as we realized this was happening, my sister was able to find just one more Doggie at Target....but only one. For the past 2.5 years, my extended family, our friends, my realtor (ha!) have seriously been scouring Target stores and rest stop gift shops across the country for another Doggie; I've been all over eBay and Amazon and every collectable stuffed toy shop there is on the internet across the world and seriously - this thing just doesn't exist anywhere, for any amount of money. I tried giving her a larger version of it, but the fur isn't the same, the body is totally stuffed rather than beanbag like, and she just didn't buy it. So I'd protected Doggie with my life and worried in the back of my head about what happens when he (and his twin) bite the dust, since clearly he is here to stay. And I'd kind of forgotten about getting anymore backups.</p> <p>Then there was today.</p> <p>DD and I were looking online for a stuffed animal for her to take to school for naptime (I didn't want her taking her Doggie because of the irreplaceability factor if he were to be lost or damaged beyond repair)....and there he was. Doggie. Going for $10 a pop from a seller in the UK who has not one, not two, but TEN of these puppies to sell. I'm over the moon!</p> <p>So, I have a two part question - </p> <p>---------------------------------------</p> <p>1) How do I present this opportunity to my four year old? There is no way she is going to believe that "Doggie got a bath" like she did when she was two or so and we brought backup Doggie into our lives - her current Doggie is seriously bedraggled. I figured I would just ask her if she'd like to have a new Doggie either to take to school or have at home, and see what she says (while promising, obviously, that Doggie the Original isn't going anywhere). And if she says no, buying one and hiding it anyway for a future change of heart. :)</p> <p>2. How many of these things do I buy?!?! I'm considering at least two, maybe three. Thinking I'd send one new one to school, continue the charade of Doggie the Original being one dog, but throwing New Doggie #2 into the rotation as needed, and possibly getting a New Doggie #3 to keep for her when she's grown up just for the sake of comparing what he originally looked like! DH thinks I'm insane for even entertaining the idea of buying one. I'm halfway tempted to buy ALL THE DOGGIES :)</p> <p>But seriously - has anyone ever addressed replacing a lovey with a child who is old enough to know? How did you do it? How did it go? </p>