Please can you help my DD?

[Teddydilemma]

I have name changed because I might show DD this thread.

DD is 10. Since she was a baby she has had a much loved teddy. Currently she sleeps with it and will cuddle it if she is upset. It stays in her bedroom.

Recently she has become convinced that she should not have teddy any more. She thinks others would say it is babyish to still have a teddy.

What do you think? Is it OK for a 10 year old to have a teddy at night? What age should she give it up?

Tell her I've still got my Teddy.

I'm 58.

I gave mine up at about 24 if that helps...

Awww! My 10 year old is very mature and sensible and she has two beloved teddy’s she sleeps with every night. She took them on school camping trips and nobody batted an eyelid.

definitely not babyish. my DD is 12 and still sleeps with teddy tucked in beside her. as do many of her friends

Agree with pp. I'm 38 and still sleep with Bear. She's always there if I'm having a good day or a bad day. She's the best.
I've even seen DH cuddling her if he thinks I'm not looking!

All three of my sons took the teddies to university.

They were not alone.

Apparently it was a 'thing' a decade ago.

I'm 50.

I don't have a teddy, but I do have a rabbit which I've had since he was bigger than me.

He looks after my chest of drawers.

I am in my 60s and still have my Caleb. He sits near the bed. He is a very good listener.

They might say that. Who cares what other people say. It is none of their business anyway!

DD has at least another happy 20 years ahead with teddy. I had teddy in with me until marrying DH at 30! He went on my car dashboard everywhere I went too.

My youngest son aged 14 unashamedly takes a cuddly whenever he goes to sleep somewhere else 🙂

MY DD is 14and her beloved pooh bear still has his spot in her bed along with Trevor her bear she got when she was born.

My DD still sleeps with her teddy. She's in her thirties.

You're never too old!

Tell your DD that what ever makes her feel happy is totally ok.
She doesn't have to tell anyone if she does feel embarrassed at all, but she shouldn't. There will be plenty of kids in her class that still have something to keep them company at night time.

My 10 year old still has his stuffed giraffe watching him on his bedside table 😊

I had to give mine up four years ago as he started getting too fragile. But I have replaced him with a different one, called Bear. I'm 45.

I still sleep with my teddy and I'm 38

My very mature and sensible DD15 cuddles Pooh bear in bed every night. He’s a little threadbare now (or maybe a little thread bear )

My 12 and 14 year olds have beds covered in soft toys!

My university flatmate gave me a teddy bear for my birthday once :D I loved that teddy, had it for 10 years before I passed it onto DS

Old Ted is on the foot of my bed as we speak. I'm a lot older than dd!
My dc1 still has their much-loved dog and was heartbroken when they thought they'd lost it, they're in their twenties.....

My DS sneaks his cuddly toy into his sleeping bag on scout camps. He is 13 and still has his cuddly in bed. Some people whatever their age adore their cuddly toy

My DD 17 still has her blanky from when she was a baby, and still can't/won't sleep without it ... there's nothing babyish about keeping something close to you that you love, it's absolutely fine

I still have my teddy and I'm 23. It lives on mine and DPs bed

I still have mine! In fact everyone in this house still has a teddy.

My twins are 11 and think it's perfectly fine. Some of their friends brought teddies on the year 5 residential trip too.

I still have three small blankies I sleep with 😂 sometimes find my partner asleep clutching them too now 😂