AIBU to ask for help in saving Blankie's life?

I think you will find that lots of adult children have 'comfort blankets' and nothing wrong with them.. my DD 22 has 'long neck'.. yes a stuffed giraffe gifted at birth.

This is 100% going to be me, my daughter is obsessed with her blan, and her 'bit' that's her favourite. It's already had a few repairs!

DD(20) still has the remnants of her crochet blankie. She shoves it inside her pillowcase when she has company for protection.

Even my elderly mum takes her teddy with her on her travels, although it is a relatively modern 40-year old replacement, as original teddy is too precious to do anything more than sit on a shelf.

Oh OP this really made me smile. Can’t believe there’s so many mardy replies!

I have no practical advice unfortunately. It’s a hard one balancing the need to protect Blankie from further decay with your DD wanting them to still be fully accessible. The pocket on a teddy idea sounds good?

Or you’ll have to convince DD to let Blankie semi-retire to the safety of under the pillow or a special drawer and only come out occasionally.

Alternative solution - Ebay for vintage cellular blankets and replace. You can always attach one to the other for a bit if it helps. You could alternately try a fabric shop and see if they have anything 'right' and attach to a modern cellular blanket, although they tend to be cotton rather than either wool (really old) or polyester.

There will be a particular 'feel' to it, likely to the ribbon bit, so finding duplicates for that as close as possible is the key. She's likely not actually 'attached' to the blanket, per se, but that the sensation of it is a lifelong part of her self-soothing mechanisms.

And before anyone cribs at that - physical nicotine addiction ends in a few days, but breaking the habit of smoking takes far longer because smokers are used to the 'routine' of smoking, and no-one expects any different.

One of mine had a special blankie too (well it was more the label they liked than the blanket. I got a memory bear made for each of our children with special bits of clothing and the blankie on their bear is now half a leg and the foot with the label too. It was so ragged I didn’t think the lady could have managed to so anything with it but she worked wonders.

Sew the original inside a bears tummy so she keeps it forever but buy her a new baby blanket since she insists on the touching part. Although that will bring about the same problem in another 23 years but that will be a "her" problem to figure out.

OP I don’t have any advice but I think it’s adorable that you want to help her. One of my best friends has a “comfort blanket” it’s an old pillow case that’s barely a ratted knit these days. She’s 40 and suffers with anxiety and can’t sleep without it. I don’t know why people are so quick to judge. My friend is an amazing woman, a great career helping people, a wonderful friend, amazing wife and mother. One of the kindest most courageous people I know. I do not think less of her or judge her because she is an adult that has a comfort blanket. Why should t adults seek comfort. We don’t grow a hard shell as soon as the click strikes midnight on our 18th birthday!!!

I agree with the sewing it onto a new blanket idea

Ignore the daft posts OP - my dd is 22 and still sleeps with Mr Sucky Bear - although he's now quite holey and a kind of mucky brown colour.

I still have my teddy and he's 58!

What a harsh judgment this is.

im a 35 year old woman and I still sleep with my childhood blanket that I have attachment to.

severe childhood trauma is often a link to adults who do this so save your judgement.

That's a good idea.

I was going to suggest sewing a pocket onto a teddy. Stuff the knot in there. She could tuck her hand into the pocket to touch it.

My dad id 13 and still has her blankie 😳 we’ve jokingly said we’d set fire to it, but to be perfectly honest I think it’s cute that she loves it. It was her baby duvet and had checks on it and a cupcake design in the middle. I’ve sewn the holes it has gained over the years, it’s now faded. I think preserving it would be the answer, like in a frame.

I think i would buy a new one then flatten blankie as much as possible and stitch it to the new one to prolong its life .

I'm 55 and still have my teddy from when I was a toddler. My 19 year old son still has the blankie his great grandma made for him.....and repaired many many times. However I think your blankie is in dire need of CPR. Can anyone else make her new version?? 🤞💐

ooh, if it's the satin edge that's her favourite part to touch, could you remove that and stitch it onto something else like a bear?

I'd stitch it onto a new cellular blanket. It'll have a lump where the knot is but that's fine. Spread it out like an octopus.

Or maybe onto an old muslin or two if you still have any around.

I think blankie is dead, he had a good run but at 23 she can sleep without it.

Recognising that blankie itself needs to be preserved, would it be an option to put blankie into the tummy of a soft toy, but crucially to make the soft toy a jumper/similar out of a blanket with a similar texture and edging so that it feels right?

How about putting it in a (sealed) box frame?

Perhaps it could be refashioned by a 'creative' darner? Darning is quite a thing these days.

Can you sew it onto a new blanket! My 20 year old still has hers