Beloved Blankies

My kids love their blankies. It started with both of them when they were just a few months old. They both had pacifiers but I took them away around 3 months old because they were both waking up at night just because their pacifier fell out. Wyatt quickly found his first two fingers in his right hand to suck on and wrapped the silky part of the blankie around his fingers on the other hand. He still does this every time he goes to sleep and as a result, he LOVES going to bed since that's the only time he gets his blankie. It worked so well with Wyatt that I did the same thing with Sadie. She didn't transition quite as easily and it took her a few weeks to get used to not having a pacifier. It probably didn't help that she never found anything (thumb, fingers, etc) to replace it. However, she does do this silly thing with her blankie and she sticks her little tongue in and out real quickly and sucks on the edge of her blankie. Whatever it takes! She too gets so excited to go to bed because she gets her blankie. It's been a lifesaver for us whenever we are away from home or have a babysitter since they are so easy to put down. I took this picture right before we got in the car last weekend to go to Madison---it was naptime and I brought the blankies out in the family room as we were getting everything in the car. Both kids just laid down on the floor and could have fallen asleep right there---as long as they had their blankies!!