Should I get rid of blue blanky?

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Xanthippe_Voorhees:
Do you have any sewing skills?
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I wish I did. I could use that skill frequently if I had it. Someone gave us a sewing machine, and we’ve been talking about using it. I’ve only used one a time or two.

That is a great lead for anyone who wants to make a blanky for kids. Thanks!
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I don’t mean to be pushy, so feel free to tell me to bug off…but honestly if you’re looking for a first project, sewing bias on a fleece blanket is an excellent one. It’s all straight stitch work, it’s easy to pin and has an incredibly high margin of error if you use the 1inch bias. Just take the corrers slow and you’ll be all set.
 
I think that we all live in too much fear these days. EVERYTHING is dangerous.

My suggestion, let him keep his comfort blanket until he is ready to part with it, then, pack it away. Someday when your house is empty and too quiet you will be happy to have that blanket to remind you of the boy who grew up and moved away.
 
We went on a road trip across Arizona and Colorado. We left Flagstaff and about halfway through Monument Valley we realized that the blanket got left in the motel in Flagstaff. I spent 20 hours on the phone and $15 getting it back. I was about ready to drive back to Flagstaff. Unless the blanket is made of asbestos, I would keep it.
 
Keep the blue blankie, but keep it on the bed. I’m not sure how old your child is but after a certain age children should not be dragging blankies around the house. It’s actually unsanitary.
 
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You can make it into a pillow for your son.

You can wait til he outgrows his need for his blanky.

Or you can wait til “blue blanky” totally disintegrates before getting rid of it. Depending on how attached he is to his blanky, that could be a few years since the attachment one feels for their fav blanky or another childhood object, often runs deep.

When I was a child, I had a teddy bear I loved more than life itself. I was so attached to him that my mother made several bodies for him as his old ones wore out. Finally, Teddy couldn’t be mended or have a new body anymore. I was scheduled to go to California to visit my then fiance. I knew I wouldn’t be able to take my lifelong friend with me. A few days before I left on my trip, Teddy “died.” Literally disintegrated. I cried buckets. That’s how real he was to me. I was 25 when I lost my Teddy.

So you see, you must be very careful in the way you handle your son’s blankey. If it is to the point where it can’t be mended or washed or anything anymore and he is still attached to it at that point in his young life, don’t just throw it out like it’s nothing because it is a special friend to him. Cut off a patch if it can’t be made into a pillow. Sew the patch into something or put in a scrapbook of your child’s memories. It will help.

God bless you both.
 
My daughter (four years old) has a hideous orange synthetic fleece blanket. She is very attached to this blanket, and has been for pretty much her whole life.

One time, when she was about three, she was sick. I stayed home from work that day to take care of her.

In an effort to get her to take a nap, I said that she could nap in the “big bed” (our bed, mommy’s and daddy’s bed), which is a rare privilege for her, and that I would have a nap with her, which she also likes.

So I brought the repulsive orange blanket and a few of her favorite stuffed animals into our bedroom and arranged everything on the big bed.

She lay down, hugging one of her stuffed animals. I started to get on the bed with her, and she said (I swear this is true) “don’t touch my blanket.”

We’ll never pry it out of her hands.
 
Inisfallen said:
My daughter (four years old) has a hideous orange synthetic fleece blanket. She is very attached to this blanket, and has been for pretty much her whole life.
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This thread is a testament to the importance of being careful when selecting what will become a newborn’s “baby blanket”. If I had know the pink synthentic blanket I had bought because it would wash and dry well was going to be a staple of home decoration the way it was when my child was growing up, I would have chosen much differently. So listen up pregnant woman!!! Select a blanket that matches your interior decorating sensabilities and one that won’t irk you everytime you have to look at it. A little advice from a mom who wish she had chosen better. 😬
 
I don’t think most moms get to choose. We literally had a dozen blankets, but each of my kids picked “their blanket” on their own. I remember my little cousin claimed an old beach towel with Mickey Mouse on it and carried that thing everywhere.
 
Inisfallen said:
She lay down, hugging one of her stuffed animals. I started to get on the bed with her, and she said (I swear this is true) “don’t touch my blanket.”

We’ll never pry it out of her hands.
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This will give new direction to the Communion on he Tongue threads . . .

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I’m a dad, but I totally get that. The vile orange fleece thing is definitely not what I would have picked.
 
My other suggestion is to buy multiples of the same thing once it is chosen, then you can swap them out and launder them without much fuss. At one time I think we had 10 of the cotton waffle weave blankets, on laundry day we just scooped them up and washed them with the sheets.
 
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My other suggestion is to buy multiples of the same thing once it is chosen, then you can swap them out and launder them without much fuss. At one time I think we had 10 of the cotton waffle weave blankets, on laundry day we just scooped them up and washed them with the sheets.
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Yeah, I figured that one out early. My oldest fell in love with a cheap fleece Garnanimals blanket from walmart that someone had given me at her baby shower. I went to buy another but nope, discontinued. So I got some bias and fleece from Hobby Lobby and made my own. She had 9 of them before she turned 2. It had to be one of her blankees, but she never got attached to one in particular. When she’s a bit older I’m going to cut nice big pieces and make a quilt big enough for a full sized bed.

We have a waffle blanket. It’s lovely, sturdy. And it sits unused because none of my kids would love on it.

The second one wanted sibling’s fleece…would only calm down with the softest of blankets. Oh, well. It was off to Hobby Lobby and made the bias from the silky feeling fabric so I wouldn’t confuse each kid’s blankets.

Blankets get washed with other clothes or sheets. My oldest sucked on them so we had to change it out daily (thus having 9).
 
Nothing. Blue blanky is still around. I’m not going to do anything with it.
 
My father had a blankie. When he was 6, his parents sat him down and explained with impeccable logic that the blankie was worn out, dirty, unsanitary, etc. etc. They said what he did was up to him. But they told him it would be a good idea if he threw the blankie into the fire. They left him alone to think about it. He threw it into the fire. And he talked about that moment for the rest of his life. It was traumatic. It haunted him. And for what? So his mother didn’t have to throw it in the wash every once in a while?

Did you ever watch Citizen Kane? Rosebud? Keep the blankie!
 
I am 48 and still have the blanket I was brought home from the hospital in.
My great-grandmother made it. I have no intention of giving it up any time soon.
 
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@Erikaspirit16 How traumatizing for your father!! What a terrible thing to do to a little kid. 😥😥
 
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