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Does your LO have any attachment objects they still cling to after many years? Do they need it to sleep, travel, or insist on taking it everywhere? If so, how long will you let it play out? How long is too long for a child to cling to an attachment object?
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Does your LO have any attachment objects they still cling to after many years?
Yep, she still loves her "Snuggy poo with the taggies" - a giraffe lovey we've had since she was born. I used to take it to daycare with her when I first started working again.
Do they need it to sleep, travel, or insist on taking it everywhere?
She likes to have it when she sleeps but she can live without it. I try to bring it along on overnight trips since it comforts her and helps her fall asleep.
If so, how long will you let it play out? How long is too long for a child to cling to an attachment object?
If it's a no harm thing, like her snuggy poo I will ride it out. But if she was sucking on a blanket (orally fixated on something) or could not function without it and it was limiting her ability to cope/be comforted rather than helping I'd stop around this age now.
Does your LO have any attachment objects they still cling to after many years? Do they need it to sleep, travel, or insist on taking it everywhere? If so, how long will you let it play out? How long is too long for a child to cling to an attachment object?
She never got attached to anything. I bought a special blanket and a stuffed animal when she wasn't here yet.. wanting those special things to be her "lovey" items. But she never became attached to anything. At school they can take a "lovey" for nap time, and she takes a different one everyday. But there is no one thing she HAS to have for any reason.
Addy doesn't have any material item she is overly attached too. She does however still suck her thumb and honestly I am not sure what to do about it. She mainly sucks it when she is in the car, watching tv, or tired. She also sucks it all night long in her sleep.
It is messing up her teeth, but when I have attempted to talk with her about it she says it's too hard to stop. She had a sucky blister on her thumb when she was born so this has been something she has always done.
Addy doesn't have any material item she is overly attached too. She does however still suck her thumb and honestly I am not sure what to do about it. She mainly sucks it when she is in the car, watching tv, or tired. She also sucks it all night long in her sleep.
It is messing up her teeth, but when I have attempted to talk with her about it she says it's too hard to stop. She had a sucky blister on her thumb when she was born so this has been something she has always done.
Use stops-it, that bad tasting stuff you paint on like nail polish and do everything you can to get her to stop, putting on mittens after she goes to sleep or something, anything. I dealt with that way longer than I wanted to and my parents never stepped in but if they 'caught' me they made me feel ashamed and embarrassed and it was a horrible feeling.
Miranda has "baby". A funny looking soft baby. It is actually belly botton baby from the karen katz book. She was super attached to it for years. Now it depends on the day/night.
It really doesn't matter to me how long she has it for. She already doesn't have to have it to go to sleep at night. Honestly, I am the one "are you sure you don't want baby?" haha
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Mommy to Miranda 1/17/08 & Annabelle 3/24/11
Lily still has Bubbie, her bunny blanket. I bought it when she went to daycare as a 1 year old. She said Bubbie because she couldn't say bunny at the time. The name stuck and she still has it at night and at home for naps. She didn't do well without it at the new daycare because they won't allow blankets or loveys in the 4 year old room. Probably explains why she won't nap there. I see no harm in continuing to keep it. She's not fixated on it and it's still in good condition
Aiden has his spiderman blanket. He takes it to and from daycare (they require us to bring one) but he used to never sleep without it. It is getting better. Lately he hasn't asked for it at night and if he does no big deal.
Yes, over night trips it is a must... It doesn't bother me how long he has it because it is slowly becoming less and less important to him. If he want to sleep with it until he is an adult I don't care.
, 3 year old DS2 
, and nursling DD 
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