blanket babies
My mom made three nursing blankets for both our girls. They had many uses because besides using it to cover me while nursing we’d swaddle them, use it to keep the sun out of the girls eyes in the car, and use it as a signal of sleeping. With Eden I’d cover her car seat and with Lilah she would just cuddle up to it. We wait until they’re over a year old before we let them sleep with the blankets though because of suffocation risks obviously…though they are still there.รย Lilah nearly always has her blanket with her while she’s around the house.รย Eden caught on to this and would like to play and cuddle into Lilah’s so we’d get Eden her blanket and she’d cuddle into hers and that made Lilah happy. Recently we started letting Eden sleep with a blanket. She now always has a blanket with her and she always wants one to cuddle while you sing to her before her nap. She is now very protective of her blanket. I covered Lilah with it earlier today while playing and Eden threw a fit and took it away. Their blankets is the one thing they don’t have to share, so we let them be possessive of it. I just think it’s funny the transformation she’s had for wanting her blankets since we’ve let her sleep with one. It’s like she knew before that she couldn’t be too attached because we’d take it away at nap time…but now she is attached to her blankets and there is no taking it away. Of course she has three so we rotate them…but so far she’s only had one to drag around. I should rotate it so she doesn’t get too attached to it that she won’t let me wash it.
It’s also funny how quickly she starts mimicking certain things. Lilah was jumping on the bed by just kicking her feet out and doing a sitting position. Eden would stand on the bed walk around and then sit. It was just cute to see her catch onto what Lilah was doing. I love watching my children grow. It was fun to see Lilah mimic me, but I love watching Eden mimic Lilah. It’s a good thing that Eden has a good role model…at least for now, and I hope it stays that way.