What Would You Do?

[tenderhearts]

Well I broke and gave him the blanket (well 2x2inch swatch), he was asleep in 2 minutes. Hopefully the afternoon will be better ugh. what a day, 2 of them have been very difficult today.

[GretasLittleFriends]

I can understand the concern with the thumb ****ing as it has been a cause to pull the top teeth out of line.

As far as the blanket itself is concerned, I don't see what the big deal is. My sister had a blanket that was given to her at birth, and she slept with it every night until a week before her 17th birthday (when she passed away unexpectedly). She was soooo attached to that blanket it rests next to her eternally. She went on plenty of trips away from home throughout her life and did fine without her blanket.

She occasionally ****ed her thumb too. I remember when she was a teen seeing her sleeping and subconsciously ****ing her thumb. Her teeth were fine and never required braces.

[mac60]

I say give the piece of blanket back. My own son had a blanket and bunny that went everywhere with him. When he started school, we stopped taking it out of the house and it stayed in his room. It never did any harm. I don't understand why some think having a favorite blankie is so bad, heck even I have a blanket me and the dogs cuddle with each night to chill out.

[tenderhearts]

Thank you, I feel so much better about giving it back to him, I'm just praying the afternoon with him will be much better. My son from birth use to **** 2 fingers on his hand, then when he was about a year old he did that and rubbed the blanket on his bed, I was lucky when he was just over 3 years old he decided on his own to stop ****ing his fingers and rub the blanket (he called it his bob), we caught him every now and again rubbing it but he never ****ed his fingers again, he is almost 13 now and he has braces and NOT from ****ing his fingers. well I feel better and am glad he's getting some sleep.

[momma2girls]

I feel that the parents should give the blanket back, especially since you are having so much trouble with him!! My little girl ****ed her fingers and had her special blanket, she slept with(didn't carry it around at all) til she was 3 in preschool, then we broke her of both. We still seen her ****ing her fingers til about 5 when she was sleeping asleep only, and not even know she was doing it.

[AfterSchoolMom]

My son still sleeps with is blanket, and he's almost 9. He doesn't take it to sleepovers, and he doesn't drag it around with him - it mostly stays under his pillow. I see nothing wrong with it at all. However, the thumb ****ing could potentially be a problem - my younger son was a thumb****er, and around age 3 we ended up coating his entire thumb with that yucky stuff that you use to stop biting your nails - he stopped ****ing his thumb in a matter of weeks. However, he still has a slight overbite because of it.

[tenderhearts]

At my house he has never been able to walk around with it, he just always seemed to know it was only for naps and that was when it was still a "normal" full blanket. That was my problem was the parents did give the blanket back to him like 2 1/2 weeks ago and never told me until just a week ago, that's why I think it would have been easier for him to break it if they didn't do it. But he's happily asleep!!

[originalkat]

I am so glad he fell asleep! I would have given him the blanket just like you did. Poor little guy just wanted his blankie so he could fall asleep in peace. LOL!

[tenderhearts]

After his nap yesterday, he was much better in the afternoon, it was really nice.

[mamajennleigh]

Don't you love a happy ending? I just love when a problem has an easy solution. It doesn't happen too often, though LOL!