For anyone who doesn't know the story of Katie and her blankie, it goes like this: When Katie was about 4 months old she cried ALL the time (since birth). One night she was sleeping in bed with Pat and I when I noticed she was pinching and rubbing our new Jersey Knit sheets on her face and nose. It seemed to give her great comfort. The next night I decided an experiment and put her in her crib with the sheet laid flat under her. It has been true love ever since! For quite a while everywhere Katie went, so did the queen size sheet, but after 9 years all that is left is about 30 fragments that she still is very attached to. She loves to chew on it and then stick it up her nose. She is always trying to find ways to do this hands free. As you can see, this is her latest and greatest idea.
I especially love the circle of spit. Believe me, she is the only one who likes the smell of her blanket.
Katie treats her blankie as an extra appendage, so it always strikes me funny that we never really give it that much notice. She has no embarrassment about having it in front of friends and family and the only reason she doesn't take it to school is she is afraid it will get lost.
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