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Home › Articles › Parenting Preschoolers › My Blankie

My Blankie

In Love with the Lovie

By Kimberly Austin

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For blankets that are wearing away, Honig suggested cutting the blanket into a small square for your child to carry.

If a child unexpectedly loses the lovie, the loss can be hard. The parent must explain to the child that the lovie is gone and they are sorry. A parent may want to get another lovie for the child, but be warned: The new lovie may not replace the lost one.

"It's not a lovie until the child endows it, but a parent may want to get something that smells like them or that is soft," Honig said.

Pohn's daughter, now 13, lost her lovie, Bunny, at Disney World. She told her daughter that Bunny wanted to stay in Disney World. She said her daughter took the loss kind of hard. Pohn bought another bunny exactly like the first, but her daughter never accepted it like the first.

"It wasn't worn in the same places as the first one," Pohn explained. "She would go to the worn spots on the first one, and this one did not have them."

Whether the lovie gradually fades away or is abruptly taken away the loss felt is real. Recently, Moritz's son said he misses his blanky, and he has mentioned that he would like another one.

"We haven't gotten him another one yet, but he mentioned that he would like me to give him one privately, not in front of his friends, for his upcoming birthday," she said.

Hood is grateful to still have her blanky and teddy bear, and said she would definitely give her kids a lovie.

"Whether or not they become as attached as I am to mine is up to them," she said. "Mine is a source of memories and comfort, and I want my children to have the same."


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