Each of my kids have a blankie that's really soft on one side and silky on the other and has their name monogrammed on it, and they both love cuddling with it when they go to sleep. Eydie just got blankie #3 (or 4?) from her KK who always wants her to have a soft one. Before this one she called her newest one her soft blankie and the older one her scratchy blankie. If soft was in the wash she would ask for scratchy. I just hope when she goes to college she doesn't take blankie #20 to the dorm.
Anyway, at bedtime (or naptime), I put Gavin in his crib on his tummy and he kind of rolls to his side and raises one arm. Then I lay his blankie over him and he wraps his arm around it and snuggles down. It is so cute and the first time he did it I remembered that is exactly what Eydie used to do. I usually put him in bed awake and he looks up at me while I get his blankie, but tonight he fell asleep nursing and rocking. When I laid him down he still lifted his arm, eyes closed, and wrapped it around his blue blankie. I don't want to forget the way both my kids did that.
