the blanket fairy came last night..

maypole

One night when my toddler (many years ago ) was vomiting and distressed, I told him that it was the dummy that made him vomit and so we managed to throw them away, he didn't want to be sick again! this from a child who used to have a dummy in his mouth and one in his hand as a spare!!;)

TokochickUK

oh heavens im pooping myself now at the thought of having to take the dummy away, ds2 s 1 1/2 and has a dummy and muzzy to snuggle ( hes quite happy to have clean muzzys so thats good !!) but the dummy is concerning. hes ill at the moment so wouldnt dream of it but maybe in a few months. ds1 has one of the noukies paco a blue and white donkey comforter and he has had this since he was 6 wks old, he sucks on the ears we do have umm 5 though as i didnt want him heartbroken and sleepless if he lost it, my idea with the ears to top him sucking them was either sew them to the head with a couple of stitches? what do you think? sorry OP im no help, i hope your little angel sleeps ok tonight, is a daytime nap still had? if so how has it been?
sus x

Karrie

My son had a blankie. He's 11 now. What he really wanted was the label on the blankie. He just loved the label (and still does). He will take anything with a label in it and sit just rubbing it between his fingers and stroking his face with it.

He left his dummy for Santa one Christmas when he was 23 months old. I thought he would cause us nightmares but he didn't. He accepted that Santa wanted it and Santa left him presents as a thank you.

Rachie_B

My son was showing no signs of giving up his dummy ! so just before he was 3.5 yrs old we went cold turkey with it ( he had one to go to bed )

We took them all away well the dummy fairy did and left him a present for being a big boy

night 1 was a mare ! night 2 better and by day 3 he was absolutely fine going to sleep without it

He would sometimes ask for it if he was hurt etc but on the whole it was much easier than i had anticipated !

Fleago

I didn't have a blankie but had Fifi the Poodle who HAD to be in bed with me; I would hold her ears under my nose because they were cold! When the ear under my nose warmed up I would swap to the other one.

Then one Christmas Day Santa Claus took Fifi away :eek: He left a rag doll instead and a note saying that Fifi had gone to live with him. I was utterly inconsolable and sobbed without respite for HOURS! I was so upset that Santa Claus had to come all the way back on Christmas Day night to leave Fifi for me with a note saying she had to come back as she missed me.

I had Fifi right up until I left home and I believe she still lives in an old suitcase at Mum's house. I still remember how traumatic it was to this day and I'm middle aged now! Give your little one back her blanky, char22, she'll appreciate it it very much!

mae

My daughter is 3 and still has ther blankelet as she calls it. I know you took it with the best of intentions but you are going to have some stressful nights sleep I think and if she is so upset it seems so unfair to her as its not really a problem if its a comfort to her.
Can you not tell your elder child that you have telephoned the fairies as you feel as she is only two and so very upset could they make an exception this once and bring it back tonnight?
I'm a big softie and I'm feeling sorry for your little one... Sorry not trying to make you feel guilty as I completely understand what you were trying to do..
Just a quick thing that may help the fact you can't get it clean leave it in the bedroom so no one ever sees it.. My daughter leaves hers on her bed until bedtime thats the deal..
Good Luck

biglugs

My youngest son had a wassie, which was a cut-up square of one of my wife's old slips which he loved and would not settle without. If we were out and he got tired or fractious she had to take her slip off and give it to him!
Took years to wean him off it but gradually by the time he was about 4 or 5 he stopped asking for it so much.
Wish we'd gone cold turkey with the dummies though!
I think the OP should just stick with the decision and let the blankie go, but feel REALLY guilty for doing this to a little kid

TAG

My youngest was 4 at Christmas and still had a bottle or 'bot, bot' on a regular basis throughout the day and definetly at night.:eek: I know, I know what your all thinking.

Anyway we told her that Father Christmas was going to swap her bottles for presents , which he duly did. Had a few requests for a couple of days but then she forgot about it. But.....she still has a dummy:eek: I know, I know!!

So guess what the Easter Bunny is gonna do......:o

buxtonrabbitgreen

My eldest 2 DSs are in thier 30s now but had thier blankets till they chuked them themselves at about 12. What children seem to like is the feeling of somthing silky. They were pram blankets that i had made and bound with silk. They liked to hold them and rub the silky bit which got smaller and smaller till it was just a frayed little line. i think that was about when they gave them up. And no they were not too hygenic but some exposure to germs builds up resistance I think.

misty

My son got rid of his one remaining dummy at about 3. he only had it at night and we "lost" it and kept forgetting to buy another. he was fine about it. I was going to have Santa take it but didn't want him to hate Santa. He's 5 and a half now an he still has a blanket (it's actually one of his old babygros) He loves it and says it helps him get to sleep. I don't care how long he has it for. It goes in the wash and is begining to fall apart.

I would definately give it back - a letter saying the fairies had made a mistake and needed to take from another little girl.