Sorry to ask a really stupid question but my ds1 is 15 months old and has a wooden spoon for a 'security blanket'. He looks for it as soon as he wakes up, carries it everywhere even in the bath, and I can only take it from him once he falls asleep.
I have to admit it looks kind of cute when he toddles around town with this spoon in hand and he gets lots of 'aws' from passersby.
Only problem is that he will not use his left hand for anything. If he is pulling his chair or toy box he will do it with the right hand only even if it means that he falls over. And of course whenever he falls over his scrapes his knucles on the left hand as it is always tightly gripping the spoon.
I wouldnt mind if he swapped hands occasionally but am worried that this may be interfering with his development (he was showing a preference for using his left hand before he discovered the spoon). Am I just being silly? And what does it say about me, that my son needs a spoon to comfort himself (mad woman!)?
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Are security 'blankets' bad for little one?
mumofwun · 14/06/2006 23:06
Barking, absolutely barking.
No other mum on this forum has worried about anything. Ever.
Hope you are feeling suitably chastised/silly now
PS under no circumstances did my 18 month old throw himself (completely uncontrolled) out of the bath tonight in an effort to get to his comforter. Oh no sirreee. Not mine.
PPS as the most inexperienced mum ever, I tend to ask myself in such circumstances "in all honesty, what are my realistic options right now". I find it gives me the best answer in all circumtances.
I had the silk bit of my blanky until it fell to bits about 4 years ago, I loved it and miss it
And if I ever find a blanket with the right consistancy and texture again I'll buy it immediately. I don't think there is any harm in comforters at all.
I still have my snuggly.
DD1 used to bring me a particular nightie of mine all the time when she was about 9 months, so i cut it up for her and it became her snuggly. She has tiny fragments still age (nearly) 11.
DD2 used the muslin squares and still has her favoutite shreds stuffed up the rear of a hedgehog glove puppet.
DD3 has 2 fleece blankets for her snugglies and takes them out most of the time, but is not so insistent any more except at bedtime or in a new situation.
Long live your DS's wooden spoon
I agree with Colditz - get lots of photos and things to do that need 2 hands.
Do you think its a sustitute for holding your finger?
I didn't think I did have a security blanket... until I took the falling apart pink blanket with me when I left home
I have actually manage to put it away in a cupboard now, but I can't throw it out.
DD doesn't have anything, but DS is only 15 weeks and has already adopted a blanket.
Nothjing wrong with them in the slightest
LOL at jar of Marmite, caboose
Nova - I only gave up sucking my fingers (middle two, right hand)when I was about 26. I used to do it without thinking about it which was v embarrasing. 
. Remember feeling miffed that it was always my right hand as doing homework when tired became a real battle of wills - couldn't hold a pen AND such fingers...
mumofwun, i have never read such a gorgeous post. your ds sounds adorable
my 2 dd's have a comforter, its disgusting and filthy and gets washed about every 6 mths
dd2's is an old rag, when i put it in the washing machine she sits at the side of it, pawing the door saying "its ok Bada, youll be ok"
dont worry about the woooden spoon or the scraped knuckles, its nice he has a comforter
Well for my part, I think anything that makes them feel happy is good, we all want nice happy secur children and if he wants a wooden spoon to help then so be it.
As for scrapes, give it another 3 or 4 months and he will hit the "trying to run away from you" stage and thAT is it then he will be covered with scrapes and bruises so often you wonder if Social Services are going to swoop in
He sounds lovely, a real credit to you
Oh yes and his left/right hand is not set for quite a while yet children up to about 3 or more swap between the two all the time so it will not interfere in that sense.
i am reminded that my little brother had a sort of formula 1 racing helmet that he wore constantly - we have old photos of him wearing it in the bath and bed
DS1 has a bear he adores (cue frantic search for another one when he lost him, MN to the rescue!).
Novacane...you pinched a dining room cushion?! 
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Perhaps he's a Button Moon fan in the making? He does sound very sweet. DS1's first "companion" was a yellow rubber ball that had a red flashing light inside - he held it in his hand all day once and still loves it.
ROFL at all these cute comforters, esp wannabe's sink plunger!
caboose, DS2 had a cot blankie too - we cut it in half so there would be 2 - in fact we had identical white and yellow blankets and cut them both in half, to cope with middle-of-the-night-vomit emergencies (the colour didn't matter at night) and so we could keep one at grandma's.
He's 13 now - it's still in his bed...
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