We have been blankie free for 48 hours. I repeat, blankie free for 48 hours!! Things came to a head this week when everything he did revolved around blankie. Blankie morning, noon and night. I came home from work on Thursday and Angie, our babysitter, said "no more blankie, I got rid of it today!" I don't know if I was ready for it but decided to try it out as I have also noticed he has become increasing dependent on it lately. I wanted to get potty training out of the way first. We are, crossed fingers, pretty much "there" with the potty so it seems like a logical time to tackle "Operation Blankie Phase Out".
I was shocked when he went to bed without too much of a fuss on Thurs night. Friday morning was up at 5am asking...no, he was whining for blankie. Since then things have been pretty good. Asks for it but we have been telling him "Blankie is on vacation". This seemed like a good way to explain considering his best friend, Jacob was just on vacation as was Angie for a week, so he gets the concept of being away on vacation. It was kind of cute, and sad, on Thurs night. It was raining outside and he was so worried that his blankie was getting all wet in the rain. He must have asked me 67 times "Mommy, is blankie getting all wet in the rain?".
I'm VERY proud of how good he has done. For something he has had since birth, he is doing remarkably well...so far!!
On an unrelated note, this is about the best I can get of a picture of Luke these days. He has SO much energy and is constantly on the move. My camera doesn’t capture moving targets so well ;)
