To worry my DD8 might be too attached to her cuddly toys??

my dd8 is in bed with me tonight, tucked up with her favourite teddies. Shes definitely not too old!

This shop is in York, a place popular with many of us here. It has some beautiful rabbits, dogs, mice, cats. . .and of course, teddy-bears. There's also a cuddly thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger.) And you don't have to be a child (or be shopping for one) to go there.

www.stonegateteddybears.co.uk/

My dd1 is 27 and still sleeps with Mrs Mouse. Why are you upsetting your 8 year old? Leave her be!

If anyone of you have watched The Repair Shop, you would have seen people taking their childhood teddies and soft toys to get repaired. They miss them when being repaired and so many emotions come through when they see their Teddy repaired

It's absolutely fine for her to have a special ted!

I know plenty of otherwise-functioning adults, who still sleep with a special friend at least within touching distance!

Awwww dear of her. Both my dds loved their plushies so much. Dd2 especially and we all say 'they have souls you know'. I think with dd2 it peaked around 8 and now I realise it was the Covid year and she's '12 baby she was exactly 8.
She's 12 now she doesn't take them anywhere. Just the special one in her bed - jellycat rabbit.

So cute op

My big 15 year son still sleeps with a teddy! At 8 he was taking his in cub camps etc. loads of kids did, it’s perfectly normal.

I remember once as a sensible 18 year old coming home from school to find my sensible father had put the dog's collar on my mouse and attached him to the front door with a long chain and put a big sign on the gate saying BEWARE OF THE MOUSE.

OMG I had totally forgotten this but we used to take toys into exams as mascots, and my best friend used to take her special toy rabbit. One of the perks of boarding school perhaps that we never needed to outgrow this stuff. Still, it must be nicer to be able to go home to your parents after an exam!

If either my parents were at home when I did my GCSEs, they collected me from school with a soft toy for me, in the car, to cuddle on the way home. If not, they left one or two at the bottom of the stairs.

I might be known to drive around with my teenager's cuddly while he's at school and greet him as I get in and out of the car through the day

It's sensible to send a comforting but less attached cuddly in case it gets lost.

DS lost a small, white toy that got bundled up in a hotel bedding change when he was 9 and was gutted, and still upset a month later. Fortunately he'd bought it on a trip a few months earlier and could be replaced. His most loyal favourite is harder to lose, but less portable.

My 14yo is still very close and loyal to his cuddlies. I've got a lot of family and friends who've kept their special attachments well into adulthood.

My favourites are not well travelled because of the risk of loss or damage. I found someone on Etsy that makes replicas a few years ago. I still take away something to cuddle, but my favourites have stayed at home for about 30 years.

Keeping the cuddlies safe, comfortable, and looked after is a good idea. It's reassuring to know that they're happy at home 😉

A little girl who wants her comforter, leave her be x

I think this is a great idea 😀perhaps photos of them having fun !!

I am 44 and still worry about hurting their feelings if I only choose one to come on holiday with us. I am in every other respect a (fairly) normal adult!

My mouse also likes to travel with a view. If he's in the car he has a travelling pouch over the headrest of the passenger seat so he can see out. If he has to go in a bag for say, airport security, I make sure he's comfy and not squashed and not face down, and tell him to pretend to be a toy for a few minutes while we do whatever it is. He and my mum's bear are besties and travel like this together.

I'm 52 and I still consider my toy mouse's feelings, even though I know he's made of fabric. Sometimes I take him on holiday and sometimes I don't, but then I tell him it's because mice aren't allowed in that hotel and I really need him to stay at home and look after my house. I don't see what harm this does.

Perhaps she can tell her favourites that they aren't allowed on the trip because they need to be safe at home looking after her bed for her, and that while she's practicing, perhaps they can practice being apart too so that they're not upset when it happens.

It’s so normal! I’m 37 and still have my Teddy from my childhood, he’s a big comfort. My daughters are only small but they both have their special teddies they take to bed/wverywhere else

I'm 44 and still attached to my soft toys, Been having a few low days recently and cuddling them has give me reassurance.

Proven that cuddling soft toys is a good thing https://slumberkins.com/blogs/slumberkins-blog/adults-with-stuffed-animals-psychology?srsltid=AfmBOoqdwBGN0O8hg5UDiAZR0v4o11FG2SIlMU76QeX5IcCTgnWKPjb

My DM has cuddled soft toys when recovering from surgery. She still has her teddy from the age of 18 months - he's now 74!

Taking something less irreplaceable is a good idea. We had "Camp Teddy" and he went to cub camp, scout camp, and school overnighters for quite a few years. He was a bit smaller and more packable than the normal teddies and had a name tape (son's name, not teddy's name) sewed to his wrist!

Our DD is 40 and until she was 16 'brown ted' slept in the bed with her.
BT was then relegated to the bedside cabinet. It's still there now and she
takes it on holiday. She is a mother of 3 teenagers.
BT was a gift from her brother when she was born 11 weeks prem.
Was put in the incubator. DD says it's the feeling of love she has.

If it gives your DD comfort that's all that matters.

I agree, it was cruel and I never forgot my toys.

The replacement is an old Steiff rabbit, maybe from the 1960s, and almost the same. A very fine and proud looking rabbit.

I'd make a special bed up for her favourite cuddly toys that she does not want to lose. Put them in a safe place in her room where no one will touch them. Take a photo and give to her. Take another cuddly toy with her on trip and put photo of favourites under pillow and then tell them all about her trip when she gets back. Problem solved. I'm 70!

so sorry your mum threw out the toys - that was cruel.

cuddlies are important and should be cherished. I'm glad you've found some new ones.

My dd was the same about cuddly toys being on the floor until she was easily at high school. Quite normal I'd say.