A few months ago, on a trip to Old Navy, Wild Man picked out a stuffed dog that he quickly became very attached to (brown moppy animal pictured in the foreground of the picture). Within days of purchasing said dog, which Wild Man rescued out of the clearance bin, he was carrying it around everywhere and sleeping with it. He became so attached to it that I had my mom, who lives in a different time zone, scour her local Old Navy for extras. Luckily she was able to find two, so Wild Man also keeps a "Puppy" at school and we have a back-up.
About 3 weeks ago, Wild Man decided he needed to sleep with extra friends, and slowly, he began adding animals, positioning them in key places around his crib. First he added Patches the Bear and Ox the Ugly Doll; then came Bob the Brachiosaurus, Chompers the purple T-Rex, Pop, Duckie, Pooh, and Paddington. He then added Penny the baby doll and Spot the kitten. He still holds Puppy while he sleeps, but he also needs all of these friends. If one is missing or not in the correct place, he won't go to sleep. Yesterday he was home with a stomach bug, and he insisted on carrying each animal, individually, to the living room so they would be near him while he colored and we read books. My son has an entourage.
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Baby J currently sleeps with Britta, her puppy blanket, along with four giraffes, a pigeon, two bunnies and, sometimes, a cow. Oh, and a tabby whenever he is willing to join her!
Cute. All of Luke's 'friends' are dogs.
Interesting. My sons never had those. I guess it's because they always slept next to us, so we were their entourage :-). Only lately that he's almost four has Linton taken to sleeping with some of his stuffed toys, mainly a dog and a teddy bear that he got as a baby.
Supa-T *must* have Bert, Ernie, Elmo, and his monkey. Sometimes he wants to sleep with a ball (usually a small basketball or a soccer ball). Last night, he threw his stuffed buddies out of the way and went to sleep with his arm around his ABC book. :)
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