Reminder- if your infant/toddler gets attached to a blanket or stuffy, get another identical one.
My middle kid rapidly became a blanket kid. In one moment of clarity, I remembered back to my best friends little brother carrying around a tattered piece of blanket. So i jumped online and ordered two more of the exact blanket for my kid. When the main blanket needed washed, my wife would pull out the ‘substitute’ blanket, nicknamed Subby, so we could wash the main one and our kiddo would still nap or not melt down.
My kid is now 13 and still has the ratted, patched, faded main blanket and we still have the pretty-much-brand-new-looking Subby. But it saved us a lot of tears.
Today i walked past the clearance section of Walmart and saw these soon-disappeared patterns of blankets. Seems like they only ever make short runs of blanket design and every so often i see a “help me find” post about blankies or stuffies.
There’s my new-dad advice of the day from an old dad.