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does your little boy sleep with cars in bed?

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bumbly · 04/05/2009 22:00

my 21 month old taken to this habit but puts them under his crocth area..sleeps face down always

tongiht went to check on him as sleeping without grobag and his car was rammed into nether regions

surely this is bad for him!!!

hard and big..took ages ot pry away from underneath him

but no way i can take them away - he has two - away from him..never would fall asleep

no wonder he seems to have tummy aches a lot

any suggestions? your do this? soft car? where the hell would i find one?

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 04/05/2009 22:01

Aww. Could you give him a teddy instead?

brimfull · 04/05/2009 22:02

I used to find all manner of vehicles in ds' bed.
Dont think it'll harm him.

cat64 · 04/05/2009 22:05

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liath · 04/05/2009 22:05

Ds has slept with toy cars, take-along Thomas toys, balloons, spoons...you name it. He always jams them under his crotch. i can't see it doing him any harm TBH. I always wonder what inanimate object he'll pick each night

Marthasmama · 04/05/2009 22:06

A soft car might be an idea, but they take all sorts of things to bed. DS is nearly 6 and he takes his Gogos to bed. He has taken a frisbee to bed in the past too

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bumbly · 04/05/2009 22:07

thanks so nmuch at least know am not alone - he has at least 4 teddies too he loves...just that this fave car is rather big!!!!

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NotSoRampantRabbit · 04/05/2009 22:07

DS been doing this since he was 18 months. He is nearly 4 now!

Never even considered it might be harmful. I just prize them off him and put them next to his bed when I check on him before going to bed.

To be honest it was more difficult when I was still bf and he would be clutching a minimum of 4 cars. Was like being in a bizarre matchbox car pile-up.

I think it's cute how attached he is to his cars!

footballsgalore · 04/05/2009 22:09

Why don't you just move tham to the side of the bed once he's asleep. Within reach but not bruise-causing!
DS1 has been known to take his new football to bed...

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bumbly · 04/05/2009 22:10

yes def cute....his fave just so happens to be big and hard!!!

oh feel for you when breast feeding he he he

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fruitful · 04/05/2009 22:10

Tonight ds1 (4) has taken a torch, the torch charger base, one of those big magnetic scribbler things, a selection of bears, his slippers, and a spaceship cushion with soft spacemen. He makes his duvet and 3 pillows into a big nest, arranges the night's chosen booty around him, and goes to sleep.

I think it's a boy thing. Dd only ever takes cuddly toys to bed!

choufleur · 04/05/2009 22:12

DS (3) sleeps with a variety of toys. always a little dog and muslin cloth but frequentlyy cars, plastic dinosaurs, other plastic animals. i try to explain that they will be uncomfortable to lie on but he doesn't care.

NotSoRampantRabbit · 04/05/2009 22:13

Actually the only time it's a problem is if he wakes up in a grump and comes into our room in the morning carrying 4 cars, drink, teddy, other random object he fancied the night before. Everytime he drops something he cries. If he spills water on his pyjamas it's the end of the world. Etc etc etc.

Can make for a rather rude awakening!

TheCrackFox · 04/05/2009 22:13

DS2 used to do this about the same age. Always had to choose 2 different cars every night. He grew out of it at about 2.5yrs.

Ready4anotherCoffee · 04/05/2009 22:15

Sound just like my ds. he has been known to go to sleep wearing a bike helmet before

Cars are quite common, lorries, diggers, books, wearing waterproof trousers & wellies, a steady eddie costume made from a cardboard box....

We're also going through a phase of refusing to sleep in the bed, but in a nest made from his duvet on the floor.

Boys are indeed strange creatures

footballsgalore · 04/05/2009 22:19

lol at the bike helmet

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bumbly · 04/05/2009 22:21

this threas has made me really smile after a hard day

thanks to you all

even hubby had to glance at what i was giggling at!!!

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missmama · 04/05/2009 22:38

DS1 always took his trains to bed with him.

But never mind that........
I want a Steddy Eddie costume (stamping feet)

footballsgalore · 04/05/2009 22:41

Who is Steady Eddie?
Only Sporticus hats (complete with goggles) allowed at bedtime here
DS2 has a Postman pat's Jess who has to sleep in a little box under his bed, covered over. he's not actually allowed in the bed 'he'll get fur in it mummy' [hmmm]

footballsgalore · 04/05/2009 22:41

or even

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bumbly · 04/05/2009 22:42

but do your kids actually sleep on top of these objects on their tummies??

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Cadelaide · 04/05/2009 22:42

Nope.

Lots of lego, though.

WriggleJiggle · 04/05/2009 22:45

Not just boys though. Have a girlie wellie monster here !

footballsgalore · 04/05/2009 22:48

DS1 used sleep with his teddy tucked underneath his tummy. He was probably about 2 at the time.
It was a soft ted tho, not sure he would have done the same with a monster truck!

Marthasmama · 04/05/2009 22:56

Oh yes. He uses his big teddies as a pillow too and sometimes when I go in to check on him, I can't actually find him amoung all the teddies. He has a huge grobag which he fills with teddies before trying to squeeze himself in. I have found toys in his (pull-up) pants before, when he was much younger

Plonker · 04/05/2009 23:44

No, but my little girl does

Dd2 always has a strange item or seven in bed with her. Always something a little unusual - a car, a toy laptop, a dolls dummy/bottle, a full polly pocket collection

Dd1 won't entertain anything in bed with her

Dd3 insists on going to bed with a book She wakes several times a night, either for a drink, her dummy ...or a book! She is the same age as your ds. Strange little creatures aren't they?!

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