When I was just a few months pregnant with Sam, Kourtney and Amy came to my house for dinner and brought gifts for the baby. I opened a cuddly giraffe and unbelievably tiny onesies with matching hats. And at the bottom of the bag, there it was - the whitest, softest, most beautiful baby blanket I'd ever seen. It is satin on one side and - I don't know - just SOFT on the other. The three of us stroked the soft side in amazement. It was just beautiful.
The beautiful white blanket was folded and stored in Sam's bottom dresser drawer, along with all of the other cuddly blankets he received. When Sam was born we went through up to 10 blankets a day. He liked being wrapped up and it didn't take long for his blankets to get messy. I never used the white blanket for day-to-day use. It was too nice!
One day, when Sam was about three or four months old, he had a meltdown. He was such a calm baby, so having him wailing the way he was was scary. Nothing I did calmed him down. He struggled and fought me, and he was flushed and hot. Finally I stripped him down to his diaper and wrapped him in the white blanket. Within a few moments he was completely calm, his little fingers gripping its satin edge.
From then on, Sam and Softie were inseparable. He became so dependent on it, I was always afraid it would be lost or ruined somehow. I mentioned that to Kourtney, Amy, and Katie one evening in passing. Not only did Katie remember I said that - she went to the one store we knew carried those blankets and got another one for Sam. (Now c'mon...that is just one of the sweetest things anyone has done for me - ever!)
Luckily, Sam doesn't care which Softie he has, as long as he has one. The beautiful, soft, white blankets are now better described as ragged, rough, and grey. They have been chewed on, spilled on, dragged through dirt, stepped on, and dropped in the dog's water dish. Yet he loves them. No matter how upset he is, Softie always calms him down.
Kourtney, Amy, and Katie - you have made my job so much easier! Thank you!
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I'm so glad that he loves his Softie and that I could help!
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