Saturday, January 24, 2009
Lovies
My kids both have lovies. James' is a sock monkey that was a gift to me from Nathan when I was pregnant with James. It's from Gymboree so it's a mass-produced perfect looking sock monkey.
Kaitlyn has a "my banky" lovie (officially named Kami) that is a bear with a pink blanket separating his torso from his bottom. Must be uncomfortable for that little bear... to have a blanked in the middle of his tummy. :) Kaitlyn has always had her lovie, and calls her lovie... well "luh-ie" to be more exact. Every time we come upstairs she RUNS to her crib screaming "LUH-IE" to grab her and love on her. Tonight she was trying to pull her out of the crib and she was stuck. Kaitlyn started laughing so hard that she nearly fell over. It was great!
Lovie used to have a rattle in her head until finally I performed surgery to remove the unnecessary and utterly annoying rattle. Whoever thought that putting a rattle in a lovie doll that goes in a crib with a toddler is a moron, although, I must give them total props for coming up with the "my banky" in the first place. Ingenious!
"Monkey" didn't actually start out at James' lovie. However, by the time James had chewed the fur off of the nose of TWO "my banky" dogs, instead of dumping another $15 down the drain for another one, I introduced Monkey to James. He had a lot more durable fabric since he wasn't fuzzy. It wasn't long before James had chewed the two little black threaded nostrils off of Monkey (James had serious issues with teething, so much so that he chewed off the paint on the front rail of his crib... no lead, thank goodness-ha). The most disgusting part about Monkey's nose threads being chewed off is that one actually stayed in tact until I cut it off. For a while, James liked to play with the 4 inch stretch of thread that used to create the left nostril. I was so grossed out about him constantly putting it into his mouth that I cut it off.
James took to Monkey immediately and still is his best sleeping buddy. I will admit though, that he's not as attached to it as he once was. When he was two, if we left Monkey somewhere and didn't have him for nap time or bedtime, it was tough getting James to go to sleep. Kaitlyn is probably in that stage now, luckily we have never been in that situation with her... yet... knock on wood.
The best part about these lovies is that we instilled in them from the beginning that lovies were ONLY for bedtime and sometimes MAYBE for longer car trips or airplane rides. The kids really get the grasp on this idea! I'm so glad they are not dragging their blankies/lovies around with them everywhere they go!
I love that my kids have lovies. I still have my teddy bear and Nathan has his doggy with one of the ears safety pinned back to his head. One day in High School we were instructed by our Theology teacher to bring our childhood pals to school for a day. It was so fun and cute to see all these pubescent teenagers carrying around their blankets, doggies, teddy bears, etc. They were like gold when we were kids, and somehow that feeling never ends, even if they are stuffed in the back of our closets.
This is a funny video and it has great shots of Monkey and Lovie enjoying the ride. :)
Kaitlyn has a "my banky" lovie (officially named Kami) that is a bear with a pink blanket separating his torso from his bottom. Must be uncomfortable for that little bear... to have a blanked in the middle of his tummy. :) Kaitlyn has always had her lovie, and calls her lovie... well "luh-ie" to be more exact. Every time we come upstairs she RUNS to her crib screaming "LUH-IE" to grab her and love on her. Tonight she was trying to pull her out of the crib and she was stuck. Kaitlyn started laughing so hard that she nearly fell over. It was great!
Lovie used to have a rattle in her head until finally I performed surgery to remove the unnecessary and utterly annoying rattle. Whoever thought that putting a rattle in a lovie doll that goes in a crib with a toddler is a moron, although, I must give them total props for coming up with the "my banky" in the first place. Ingenious!
"Monkey" didn't actually start out at James' lovie. However, by the time James had chewed the fur off of the nose of TWO "my banky" dogs, instead of dumping another $15 down the drain for another one, I introduced Monkey to James. He had a lot more durable fabric since he wasn't fuzzy. It wasn't long before James had chewed the two little black threaded nostrils off of Monkey (James had serious issues with teething, so much so that he chewed off the paint on the front rail of his crib... no lead, thank goodness-ha). The most disgusting part about Monkey's nose threads being chewed off is that one actually stayed in tact until I cut it off. For a while, James liked to play with the 4 inch stretch of thread that used to create the left nostril. I was so grossed out about him constantly putting it into his mouth that I cut it off.
James took to Monkey immediately and still is his best sleeping buddy. I will admit though, that he's not as attached to it as he once was. When he was two, if we left Monkey somewhere and didn't have him for nap time or bedtime, it was tough getting James to go to sleep. Kaitlyn is probably in that stage now, luckily we have never been in that situation with her... yet... knock on wood.
The best part about these lovies is that we instilled in them from the beginning that lovies were ONLY for bedtime and sometimes MAYBE for longer car trips or airplane rides. The kids really get the grasp on this idea! I'm so glad they are not dragging their blankies/lovies around with them everywhere they go!
I love that my kids have lovies. I still have my teddy bear and Nathan has his doggy with one of the ears safety pinned back to his head. One day in High School we were instructed by our Theology teacher to bring our childhood pals to school for a day. It was so fun and cute to see all these pubescent teenagers carrying around their blankets, doggies, teddy bears, etc. They were like gold when we were kids, and somehow that feeling never ends, even if they are stuffed in the back of our closets.
This is a funny video and it has great shots of Monkey and Lovie enjoying the ride. :)
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