Comfort Blankets

Chill out! My daughter's "green blanket" goes everywhere with her, including her University Hall of Residence! She'll be 21 this year and green blanket is a tangible link to her happy childhood. The trick with washing is to make sure you buy 2 (or more!) identical blankets and rotate them when the little devil is asleep! So, I wouldn't stress about it, little children can sense stress and your stress is more damaging than them having a comfort blanket!

I am no child psychologist, so I can't explain the whys and the hows of this situation, but the reality is, some kids get attached to things that are comforting. A VP at the agency I used to work for used to tell stories of how when children were removed from their homes by authorities, the child would be staring at the driver in order to remember that face because that was the person who knew where home was... then the child tries to memorize the faces of the others he/she comes into contact with because they know the original person who took them who knows where home is.... See the connection? So, if the child isn't at home, but he has something from home, he tends to be more comforted by that thing. Perhaps this started when he began preschool? Again, I can't tell you why, but I think the best thing is to not try to get him detached at this age. In time, he will give up his security blanket.