Today I dusted off the trusty sewing machine to make Lexi a security blanket:
You see, most of the time when I put her into the cot for her sleep, she talks to herself for a couple of minutes and then drifts off. Nice and easy. That happens for every sleep except for the one where I am trying to get her down for the night. For that sleep, she will not settle unless I sit with her. I even have a chair pulled up right next to her cot so that I am at least semi-comfortable while I sit there and wait for her to get dozy enough for me to leave!
Today I am taking a stand and saying 'enough'. I am replacing myself with an inanimate object:
A little patchwork blanket with ribbons for her to chew on and rub with her chubby little fingers. A little patchwork blanket that I have been carrying around with me all day so that it smells like me. A little patchwork blanket we will call 'bambi' (because that's what all good blankets are named), who will no doubt become her best friend!:
Today I am taking a stand and saying 'enough'. I am replacing myself with an inanimate object:
A little patchwork blanket with ribbons for her to chew on and rub with her chubby little fingers. A little patchwork blanket that I have been carrying around with me all day so that it smells like me. A little patchwork blanket we will call 'bambi' (because that's what all good blankets are named), who will no doubt become her best friend!:
sweet!
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