What Lovey Do You Recommend for Baby?

we had a few that we made available, an adorable blankie with a teddy bear stitched into one corner (so it was half blankie, half stuffed animal)- it even had the silky border that so many kids like, comes to mind. my MIL got it for him and she was really hoping he'd take to it.

nope. flannel receiving blankets.

he is 5 and still has three "blankies" or "little blankets" as he calls them, and he still has to have one to get to sleep at night.

yay for cheap, replaceable lovies! :) although 5 years later i'd have to wash a new one about 100 times before it would be "the same" lol.

just for the record, my littlest brother used cloth diapers as his lovies.... he had them for years, i remember the last one was about 5x5 inches square and all frayed because he'd "loved" it so much...lol.

I think as every e has said babies will find their own loveys I was tring to get my daughter to take a soft blanket that was very easy to find because it was given to me at my bby shower but I saw it at the dollar store so if it tore or got lost I could replace it instead she like the soft silky one which was also given to me and around 16 months it darted tearing and I couldn't find the same one any where so I settled for a similar one and I just cycle em out so they get even wear and he knows she has two.

Also she likes stuffed animals lol she sleeps with two bears an elephant a duck a hello kitty and now a doll.

Sorry i got a lil off track
Point was is lol they will eventually pick their own :)
Good luck finding somethin that works

I think he's too young for any of the blanket-like lovies being recommended; he's still too young for even a blanket in the crib so a piece of cloth (even a cloth diaper) could end up over his face.

The idea of the aquarium-musical toy is a good one at this age.

But kids need to find their own true lovies. You could introduce a dozen toys and fiind that not one really does what you hope it will do. He is probably even a bit young for that. My daughter was about 10 months and very active before she suddenly fixed on one toy she loved best - and it's still her favorite at 10 years old!

What about a "wubbanub"? It's a little plush toy with an attached paci.

When the baby is old enough to have a blanket in the crib: one of the blankets with the silky strip around the edges.

However, some babies don't have lovies. They pick their own object, so you can try to introduce something to them, but they might not pick up on it.

I always used receiving blankets for loveys which I rotated constantly so they didn't become attached to a particular one.

we used/use a cloth diaper the thick kind I forget what they are called but they are thick we used them as burps when dd was an infant then as "snuggs" for comfort. we have like 60 of them. So whenver one is dirty it gets swapped out. Which is nice she never has to wait for it to be cleaned.

Well I think the kid finds his own lovey, not the other way around, you know? But at only 4 months, I'd bet the only lovey he wants is you!

:)

I think babies find their own loveys.....what does he seem to like?
My son's was a stuffed, colorful Gund ladybug. 8.5 years later, Bug needs a shadowbox!

Both my girls had loveys. For each girl, I bought a dozen cloth diapers, the thick pre-folded ones and used my sewing maching to embroider a simple colored border around each one. One set was bordered in pink, the other in purple. This way, each girl had plenty of loveys and could keep one in bed, take one in the car, one went in the diaper bag and if one got lost, no big deal. We could also wash them whenever necessary without anyone having to go without. When my eldest daughter moved out, there were still a few loveys left and she took them with her.

I would go for a soft squishy stuffed animal. My daughter's lovey is the Pink Pancake Bear from North American Bear Company (you can google it to get to their website). Their "pancakes" are wonderful - very soft and easy to grab onto. And no small parts that could potentially pop off and be a choking hazard. I like something like that better than a blanket that is going to potentially get dragged on the ground all the time and get more dirty and ratty.

We started introducing the bear to our daughter when she was around 4 to 5 months old. She did sleep with a pacifier also but her holding it close to her face was never an issue.

Here's my suggestion......
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10912403

My daughter has had this in her crib since she was about 3 months old. "Jackson" lives in the crib and is the "night time protector". What I really like about it is that he is very soft and has a main and tail that my daughter can hold onto or play with or *ahem* suck on when she can't locate her paci.

The eyes and nose are sewed on so I'm not worried about her biting it off and choking on it. She is now 15 months old and I've seen her use it as a pillow on a few occasions. Needless to say, he's been pretty used and abused. But she LOVES it and can't sleep without it. I think this one is a keeper for many years.

All my kids had a small lovey blankie that I used from the time they were born. I did this because the first one I got (Little Giraffe) said that the silk/satin absorbed the mother's smell and soothed the baby, like they were with you. When they were super small I laid them on it so it wouldn't end up over their face. When I nursed, I would put the blanket with us for them to hold and feel while they were being soothed by nursing.
You can find, or even make, cheaper ones than Little Giraffe. They all do the same thing.
Also, have you tried a different paci? Some pacifiers are easier for them to keep in their mouths when they are little. Johnson and Johnson Nuk pacifiers seemed to work well for my kids. The green ones they send home are great, but they come out easily, get caught on things, etc.
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My babies loved the projector crib thing that played music and projected cute images on the ceiling. Ours was made by Tomy.

my kids both love their taggy blankets. ours our homemade, but they are just like this: http://www.amazon.com/Taggies-Classic-Blanket-Starry-Nigh...

look up Taggies on Amazon and there are some different types of products. they are so snuggly and soft, and the kids love the actual tags.

In the beginning (around 4 months) both of my children loved on those little baby blankets. The kind soft on one side and silky on the other. They just liked to touch them. My son found one by accident. We gave my daughter hers. At about six-eight months each child also adopted a small stuffed toy. But they did this on their own. My suggestion for a lovey is to make sure that it can be easily replaced. My son lost his all the time. Fortunately, it was one Walmart carried and I could buy a new one. But at $5 each, it added up fast. I am sure I spent well over a hundred bucks on those things. MY son was a master a losing them. My daughter has never lost hers for any real length of time (she's now three). It's a good thing too, because hers is discontinued and cannot be replaced. I have read where mommies bought yards of fabric and cut off squares as needed. I also have a friend who convinced her child to love on plain white burp cloths, because those can be easily and cheaply replaced and easily found at any store with baby stuff.

As far as the paci goes. MY son went through a short lived pacifier phase (then found his thumb). The wubbanub was a life saver. It was a stuffed animal attached to a soothie pacifier. It weighted it down so it didn't pop out as easily.

BTW,,, as far as cry it out goes. I used it with both of my children. We used the Ferber method. With my son I tried doing it based on info online. It didn't really work and caused a lot of stress for everyone. Around seven months, it worked well. With my daughter, I read the book. We started at six months as suggested by the book. Worked pretty well a lot faster the second time around. Neither one of my children slept all the way through the night until they were well over one year of age. My pedi reminded me constantly that sleeping five hours straight was considered sleeping through the night. Which may be true, but it's little comfort when you are the one getting up and down all night.

I started letting both my sons have a small blanket toy (the kind with a little stuffed animal emerging out of a blanket) in their cribs at 5 months. It's definitely not the official advice, but my feeling is that when they can lift their heads very well and roll, then small toys aren't a big danger, and I definitely think they help them self soothe.

my daughters first lovey was a little stuffed monkey, around 5/6 months old and she grabbed ahold of the tail and sucked, played with it, around 7/8 months she also had her blankey in her crib full time, and thats her main lovey she will not sleep with out it

I like the manhatten toy peapod baby - very soft with different textures and when they get older, fun to pull out and put in.

My girl is "addicted" to her lovey, which is a silk slip. You can buy them at Wal-mart for $5. (right next to the underwear) They're nice because they're breathable so if she falls asleep with it over her face, she can still breath through it. I know, it's totally strange. We get laughed at a lot. But it works!! :)

This is a great question!! Do you have a little aquarium type thing that attaches to the side of a crib that your baby can turn on and off? At this age they turn it on accidentally as they move around and then they learn to do it on their own. Our played soothing music (that I would play as I nursed my son to sleep) and light up with fish. It was at this age that he started with a lovey as well. My son still loves it. it is a small blanket with a teddy bear head and arms. I mean small, like 10 inches by 10 inches. He used to suck on the arms but now he just likes to move it around in his hands and needs it to fall asleep. Good luck...it's hard...I know.

Have you tried the miracle blanket for swaddling or even a sleep sack. I found both of those helpful with our twin girls.
I didn't introduce a lovey until 11 months b/c I was too nervous about SIDS (and I'm not really the nervous type)... also I'm not really crazy about them getting to attached to a lovey -always worried it'll get lost or forgotten. My kids use them now, but are fine using another blanket or toy if their's is in the wash (and they are 20 months and 5 yrs)

My L. guy has a blankie. He drags it everywhere, and snuggles it to sleep at night :-)

I second the wubbanub--at 4 months I had 3 in my son's crib he would fuss a little but have no problems grabbing and popping in the paci on his own. My kids weren't attached to a lovey until closer to 2!