jill’s

I was working inside my room when suddenly I heard my 2-year old boy cry incessantly.  I went out and found out that their last three remaining red old smelly and flat pillows had gone to my mom-in-law’s laundry.

THE RED OLD SMELLY FLAT PILLOWS

Originally, they had 8 red old smelly flat pillows.  We have tried to slowly replace them with the same red pillows but the minor differences were so obvious for them.  My children’s senses have worked so good on this thing.  These red old smelly and flat pillows have become a part of my children’s life.  Anywhere they go,  whether they move on to another room in the house, they would bring them to just lie on for pleasure or sleep onto it. No matter how old it looks like and how smelly it can be, they just love it!

BREAKING THE ATTACHMENT

My mom-in-law had been wanting to take it away from my children. We all know how attached they are to those red old smelly and flat pillows.  It’s what we know as Comfort Blankets or Toys. But my mom-in-law always remembers the girl from the Pinoy Big Brother (Teen Edition, I think) who had to face all her fear that her old rugged tattered doll had to be taken away from her. The feeling was just so hard and my mom-in-law just doesn’t want it to happen to my kids.  She wants to break the attachment as early as possible.

FIRST NIGHT

Tonight will be the first bedtime without those red old smelly and flat pillows.  I am sure they would still fall into sleep however, there might be some unexpected tantrums or lots of comforting on our part.  As parents, it’s important to be the best comfort to my upset and frustrated kids.  This would be a very emotional time for my kids but I hope it wouldn’t cause any harm to their character as they grow up.

Read more about this.  Why children become so attached to toys and comfort blankets?