ejtilton said:a blanket until you were 26 years old?
I'm glad it helped you - no offense
but that is really what I want to avoid
I sucked my thumb until I was 11 and it was so embarassing until i kicked the habit. I don't want my son to develop habits that are embarassing. He should have other ways of dealing with problems.
ejtilton said:I wonder if his forming of attachments is preventing him from learning to face his issues. If he feels the need to seek security from something, (especially if he never did before) does it mean that he feels insecure and I need to do something about it?
omg it's not like I walked around stores with it. It was next to my pillow. Don't you have a favorite set of soft bed sheets? Or a favorite pillow? Losen up. I think you are taking YOUR problems out on your child. Have you tried counseling to see why you think this way? God forbid he gets a favorite toy, are you going to make him throw it in the garbage mommy dearest?? lolejtilton said:a blanket until you were 26 years old?
I'm glad it helped you - no offense
but that is really what I want to avoid
I sucked my thumb until I was 11 and it was so embarassing until i kicked the habit. I don't want my son to develop habits that are embarassing. He should have other ways of dealing with problems.
ejtilton said:I wonder if his forming of attachments is preventing him from learning to face his issues. If he feels the need to seek security from something, (especially if he never did before) does it mean that he feels insecure and I need to do something about it?
I don't know if anyone knows the answer to this question. I will tell you that when my very young (19) daughter-in-law was giving birth to my grandson, she held her teddy bear that she'd had as a young child. It was a great comfort to her (although it was heart-breaking for me to watch). Even though she hasn't slept w/ the bear since she was a child, she did keep it and I know it helped her through the scare of labor.ejtilton said:I assume he'll grow out of it, but how long do you think is normal for a child to have a habit like this?
I agree!jtee said:It seemed like our 11 year old had some doll she had to have with her at all times for a few months at age 3-4. We never thought a thing about it, and at some point she stopped. Seems pretty normal to me. If anything, a parent interfering with a healthy child's natural development, is bound to cause more problems because the parenting is inhibiting the child from growing and it hisher own rate.
Awww, I wish I would have had my blankey at that time. lolNaNaJennifer said:I don't know if anyone knows the answer to this question. I will tell you that when my very young (19) daughter-in-law was giving birth to my grandson, she held her teddy bear that she'd had as a young child. It was a great comfort to her (although it was heart-breaking for me to watch). Even though she hasn't slept w/ the bear since she was a child, she did keep it and I know it helped her through the scare of labor.