I know I've been saying it for a while now, but I was kind of saying it lightly--Oh, Cole is SO attached to his blanket! But it's totally true. And it's an issue. When we left Nana and Papa's house Sunday for our long drive home, Bear Blanket accidentally got left behind there. Nana found it and alerted us maybe 2 hours or so into our drive. Cole fell asleep instantly as we started the drive, otherwise, I bet he would've let us know it was missing sooner. I felt HORRIBLE when we learned we left Bear Blanket behind. I'm also now wondering who really is the one with the issues?--Because I'm thinking it's both of us...okay, maybe ME with attachment dependencies. I mean, I started crying in the car when we found out we left the blanket. All I could do was look back at a peacefully sleeping Cole, and anticipate how upset he would be when he realizes he doesn't have it. It completely broke my heart, I felt like the worst mother ever. I've had horrible anxiety the whole time Bear Blanket's been gone. But okay, so it's not just me. It was clear Cole has an attachment issue when he cried for 45 minutes going to bed the first night we got home without bear blanket. We tried giving him two other blankets and he would just throw them right back at us and cry even harder. The next morning and night was just as tough. Nothing I gave him or did would console him. Then...HALLELUJAH!!!! Bear Blanket was waiting for us at our front door when we got home from MOPS this afternoon. I opened the box as quick as I could. The second I pulled bear blanket out, Cole's eyes lit up like I haven't seen in 2 days and, I'm not kidding, he held the blanket up to his face, closed his eyes and took deep breaths--like taking all of blanket in. He instantly started running in circles around the living room holding onto bear blanket with a big smile on his face. I then got tears in my eyes at that sight.
So, yes, Cole is officially attached to Bear Blanket. (And Momma too, I suppose.)
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