Comfort blanket - good or bad?

[Sanguine]

DS, 5 MO is showing signs of becoming a comfort blanket kind of a chap. He's particularly fond of a crocheted blanket with holes he can stick his fingers through (we don't give him this at night btw, only when he's being supervised). He likes to grab hold of a piece of fabric (my t shirt if necessary) and rub it against his cheek to help him get off to sleep. It's really cute to watch The question is, is it a good thing he's got something that makes him feel relaxed and sleepy, or will it become a headache when he's older/the blanket has to go in the wash/the blanket gets lost/we want to go somewhere and we don't want to trail a grubby and holey blanket with us?

LOL at sniffyhock's vole for muslins - that pulled me up short!

DS2 turned 15 recently and he still likes his blankie! (Only in his bed at home though, he doesn't carry it to school or anything) We had 2 of the same weave, only one was white and one was yellow; white was the main one, we cut them both in half and kept one white one at grandma's while the 2 spare yellows did for vomiting emergencies in the middle of the night.

I thought him having a blankie was brilliant, he would happily sleep anywhere with it

DicplacementActivity - I don't think you cna make a chioce - I think the children make it for you. My dd loved her bear (specially made by Grandma), but ds rejected an equally lovingly made bear in favour of a muslin, then a silk scarf.

Children have comfort objects or thsy don't. You can't do anything about it.

And for what it's worth, I think it increases confidence, rather than the other way round!

It's def their choice. I kept giving my ds things hoping he'd form an attachment so he could comfort himself but in the end he chose my bras (I guess that comes from holding onto the strap whilst feeding he still reaches for my straps when he's tired!) and pocket nappies with poppers! (no idea where that one developed!)

we have the mothercare cellular blanket - in fact we have 2. 1 to use and 1 to wash is the theory - but he has developed habit of taking both around with him.

They used to be yellow

Makes it easy to settle him away from home/comfort him at night and when he's ill.

I had one when I was little, and when it wore out completely I had a second. Though I was never as fond of the second one.

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I’ve just lost my daughters favourite comforter little grey elephant while we were on a dog walk. She’s 2 years old. I feel awful.