To the beat of her own drum...

Amelia and Sam both stopped taking a pacifier at around 5 months old. Just stopped. They stopped drinking bottles not long after that (mostly because it was just easier for me to breast feed them than to take the time to pump/warm up bottles etc.). They have never had "lovies", though Sam does like to have a soft blanket with him to sleep. I remember when Amelia was going through one of her rougher stages of transitioning to sleep, I went to our favorite local toy store desperate to find her something wonderful to sleep with. I have to admit that I wasn't very persistent with the whole " help her get attached to this lovely "lovey" thing and it failed miserably. She simply tossed whatever I tried to snuggle up against her out of her crib!

So, you can imagine my surprise when she has lately become VERY attached to an object other than her mama. Suddenly this object must go with her to the grocery store, be tucked next to her while she eats, and is at this moment clutched in her hand as she sleeps! Are you ready for this?











"The Beloved"

She has to have both the outfit and the clothes hanger. See, I had brought two of their preemie outfits out to hang up at their birthday party and they have been hanging on the outside of the hall closet since then. Amelia always thought it was fun to touch them as we walked by into the nursery, but about a week ago she started wanting to hold Sam's outfit. Well, that has progressed until today when she practically held it the entire day! Oh my. Maybe it will be a very short lived obsession! Today at the grocery store she dropped her "beloved" as I was checking out. One of the checkers came over to talk to the babes and she said, "Oops, you dropped your doll." She picked it up and said, "Or, your, um, outfit." I had no idea what to say, so I just smiled. Let's hope it's a short lived obsession! Excuse me while I go pry it out of her hands before she pokes her (already black--but that's another story) eye out in her sleep, Jen