Toys in cot

Hj - we have the other couple just above his head. He is old enough to know they are there and can reach behind himself to get them if needed. When he was younger, I always kept one tucked in the side so that I could find it in the middle of the night. Nothing worse than doing the frantic dummy search in the dark!

Leesa - we were worried about DS forming a strong attachment - which he has - but it's not a bad thing for him. We go away alot (with him) and he also spends one day a week with my sister. He will sleep anywhere as long as he has his blanket. The few times he has been to daycare, he has even slept there with his blankie. For this reason, we have more than one so we can rotate to wash and we always keep one in his backpack. We do try to limit the blanket for bed only as I don't like seeing him walk around with it during the day. Mum tells me I slept with my blanket until I was 8 :rolleyes:.

We've just put about 5 teddy bears of various sizes in DD's cot last night and she's almost 16 months old. When I went in to get her up this morning she'd lined them all up and was "talking" to them and giving them all big cuddles...also, she didn't wake me up at all in the middle of the night, I don't know if she slept through or woke up and just played for a while and went back to sleep, but we didn't hear anything.

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DD1 has a pink bear that she loves - we have a "back up" pink bear (an identical one) just in case pink bear gets lost.

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Are you rotating the two pink bears every week or so? If the first one gets lost once it is older and worn in your DD WILL know the difference between that and the new one, LOL.
My little niece has the ugliest, grottiest, torn old rabbit teddy (She's two years old) and her mum has absolutely NO HOPE of replacing it with new (but exactly the same) one that she bought, LOL, she gets so embarrased when her DD wants to take it out in public.:doh:

Nai - thats a great idea about having 2 identical teddies!

Leesa - i too have heard that its good for them to have some sort of comfort toy, but we also didnt want to get into that, like we didnt want to start the dummy! but i guess its a case of what ever ur comfy with and whatever makes ur bub happy! im more worried about getting rid of the dummy than i am her Pinky!

Marlene - thats a good idea about rotating the 2 teddies - wish we had 2 identical Pinky's! hehehe but so far she is full on attached to it yet anyway - she just likes it at this stage, and we bring it along everywhere but she isnt at the stage where she "needs" it

mrscricket - oh dont remind me about the frantic dummy search in the middle of the night hahaha - i had one the other night - usually i walk to her bedroom with my eyes shut, find the dummy pop it in and back to bed and asleep - but the other night i couldnt find the dummy so i was searching everywhere - in the end i had to get a new one and bang i was wide awake!!!

danniellabella - i thought about putting some teddy's in Miss B cot when she gets a bit older, for her to occupy herself with when she wakes up - but DH has said no - he dosent want her to mix going to bed to sleep with going to bed with playing! i kinda see his point, but i think the older they get the easier it is too explain that cot is bed time and u can play quietly when u wake up IYKWIM? do u have any probs with ur little initially going to sleep?



Anyways - last night - we had 5 get ups! the first 2 DH did and they were pop the dummy in, the next 3 i did and the dummy was in she was just crawling around in her cot! except for the last one which i think was a nightmare! (which is another Post i have done)
We even left Pinky in her cot with her! but she didnt find Pinky when she kept waking up, so we had to give it too her to show her Pinky was there - i guess this is going to be a working progress! hahahaha

HJ - It sounds like B has the exact same "pinky" as Lara has. I have let her sleep with hers for a few months now. She isn't fully attached to it but I am hoping she will use it as her comforter once I take her dummy off her.

Leigh - yeah we are hoping for that also! hahaha


still having 4-5 get ups of a night time! having Pinky in her cot hasnt worked :(