My Blankie girls

This morning I was snuggling my girls in my bed and I realized something. I have 2 blankie girls! They both have blankies that make them smile...which is what was happening this morning. They love them so much! The world would come to an end if we lost one... at least in our house. If we need to park the stroller somewhere and leave it unattended for a period of time, I grab the blankies! The stroller we can replace, but not the blankies!!!

Molly and Maggie snuggling there blankies in my bed this morning.

My Molly has 3 blankets that we rotate for washing and OCD Momma likes it to match her outfit. ;) She has a purple one that was the original one that I have wrapped her in since day one. This one has the most sentimental meaning to me. I then got her a pink one and a white one to match different outfits and we have back-ups. It is just a soft chenille blanket from Target, nothing fancy, no one made it for her, but when she gets crabby she needs that blankie next to her face to calm her down. She also needs it over her face to go to sleep! I am not sure if this will be her forever blankie, but I do know now that it makes her happy!

Molly with the blanket over her face so she can fall asleep!

My Maggie's blanket addiction started when she was about 2 months old. She had her first ear infection and was a huge Momma's girl. The only way I could let anyone else hold her was to have them hold something with my smell. This is where I admit I too am a blankie girl. I gave my blankie to Maggie when I wasn't around. My blanket has evolved over the years. My aunt made me a blanket when I was born that I used until it disintegrated in high school. It was at this point I started using the top sheet of my jersey knit sheets. I had two sheet sets, one I cut in half to make it smaller for travel. Maggie's blankies or nigh-nighys, as she calls them, grew from this. At first it was the pillow case and then went to one blanket that now has a "stinky knot" that she chews on as she falls asleep. Now she has the 2 halves that would make a full sheet. She has always had to fall asleep with one on each side of her face, so there was always something there when she turned her face. She told me she likes when they are cold and soft. :) When her nigh-nighy in the wash she has mine to use. When she is sick, sad or hurt it is the first thing she asks for. When she was nervous about Momma leaving her in ECFE she had her nigh-nighy to help her through. And just like her Momma, she will have it when someone at school hurts her feelings or she when gets her heart broken for the first time. Blankies are always there to help it hurt just a little less. Just like Mommas, except blankies can fit in backpacks...just in case and blankies can stay by our side through the night when we are away from home. Blankies are really quite magical. One day she may decide she doesn't need it anymore and that is okay, but until then I will pack that full-size blue sheet with its gross corner tattered and stained from all the chewing, so she has it everywhere we go...just in case. And that make me smile! :D

Maggie laying on her "nigh-nighys" when she was sick a few weeks ago.