Blanky Issues

I admit to being the stereotypical "first-time-mom" and buying all the expensive, brand-named stuff because, I mean come on, if it costs an arm and a leg then it's got to be top notch right? WRONG!!! Backing up my self acclaimed "first-time-mom" title, I ran out and bought those Dr. Browns bottles because the nurses in the NICU told me they were the best. With the rough start my child had in his first month of life I figured....why not?? After hand washing the jillions of pieces of these bottles after a few months, I was ready to try a new bottle. I saw a close friend using those cheap 89 cent gerber bottles that are so very plain and ugly, and instantly thought she was crazy to allow her child to use such cheap bottles! Then I realized something. This is her 3rd kid....obviously she is more in tuned with her mommyness (yes its a word....I invented it) than I am, so I need to get in on the secrets to parenting. It was then and there I learned one of the most valuable lesson ever. It doesn't matter what you like.....it's what the baby likes!!!!! Light bullllllb!!! I bought a few of those cheap, crappy gerber bottles and tried my kid on them. He took to them right away (go effin figure). So this goes to show that just because something is the most expensive, doesn't mean it's the best for your child.

With that in mind I can get on with my story.

I have a fetish, if you will, with blankets. They are all over the house. I'm a sucker for cuddling up and lounging, watching tv, reading, talking on the phone....whatever. I looooove blankets. So for Valentines Day my mother took my son shopping for me a present. Hmmmm.....just like all parents and grandparents, my mother thought it would be "cute" if Colton picked out the blanket he was giving me as a gift. Turns out my kid has good taste. He gave me a black fleece blanket with dark and light pink valentine hearts on them that say things like "be mine", "love", "xoxo" inside them. I fell in love immediately. it is the softest blanket ever and the hearts are totally adorable. well something happened in the next few days because he wasn't sleeping all through the night like usual. I chalked it up to growth spurts or napping too long. No biggie. He was sleeping with the incredibly warm valentine blanky during his naps and snuggling with it and mommy in the mornings and throughout the day. I didn't think the blanket, or lack-there-of, was to blame for his restless nights. One particular day, I got busy around the house and didn't cuddle up with my new blanky after Colton's evening nap. The blanket was left in his crib. That night he curled up in that pink hearted valentine blanky and slept all. freakin'. night! Light bulllllllb! Guess whose blanky it is now??

Natuarally I freaked because: He is a boy. Boys need blue or black or even red blankets....not black with pink hearts all over it!! I mean, he is a BOY!!!!!! I tried to take the valentine blanky away and replace it with a boyish one. or a stuffty. But this kid is adament on having his blanky.

Then I realized.... "it's what the kid wants." So I thought to myself, is this really a big deal?? I mean, if he wants a pink hearted valentine blanky.....why not??? I love my child and I want him to be happy more than anything else in this world. If that means him having that damn blanket then so be it. I will not be the cause of my child's unhappiness........not today anyways. I'm learning to choose my battles :)