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Am I Raising a Hoarder Or Is This Her Security Blanket

One thing that can be counted on when you have a child or two, is the mountain of “stuff” that comes with them. First there are bottles and diapers and strollers and the like, and then come the toys. The toys never seem to stop coming, birthdays, Christmas, good grades, whatever it is, there always seems to be a toy or ten attached. Every time I walk into my daughter’s room I’m amazed at the amount of stuff she has collected in her short life. Coming from a divorced family on accelerates the collection. Christmas at Mom’s and Christmas at … Continue reading →

Blanket & Tiger

When Jessie came to us I had a Lavender Lab in her crib for the soothing scents. The lab cuddled a blue satin blanket. Jessie started snuggling up to the dog because of the blanket. Eventually the blanket came completely off the dog and turned into Blanket that went everywhere with Jessie. The first time Jessie lost Blanket, I think she cleverly put it in the trash without understanding the repercussions of doing that. We wouldn’t have noticed as more trash got piled on it and then got taken out. Thankfully I had another Lavender Lab because I had needed … Continue reading →

Are Loveys, Snugglies and Security Blankets Really a Problem?

I want to ask a personal question here—how many of you adults climb into bed and go right to sleep without any sort of rituals or bedtime routines? Can you just lie down and go to sleep easily without going through a routine of brushing teeth or hair, having the lighting just so, or plumping the pillows in a certain way? I would like to propose a theory that most of us have thing we do that help us to sleep and yet as parent, we might get worried and uptight when our children have “sleep routines” and crutches of … Continue reading →