When Isabelle was a baby I changed the blankie and
stuffed animal in her bed nearly every day.
She never got very attached to anything. I thought this was normal.
I am learning now that most children do have "lovies".
William was given this blanket by his Aunt Jenny.
It's about 15 times bigger than him, but that doesn't stop
him from carrying it all over the house.
"Bankie" is probably his closest friend right now.
He likes it so much that when I needed a bedspread for his big boy bed
I bought the same fabric and made his bedspread out of that.
Luckily for me it goes perfectly with his jungle themed room!
It wasn't until a couple of days ago that a realized the depth of
William's bankie love.
I needed to wash bankie, which is not uncommon, however this time
William watched me put it in the washing machine.
He started sobbing. Alligator tears. He pulled bankie out 3 times before I
managed to get the door closed.
Our washing machine is front load and William just stood in front of the
glass door sobbing and saying
"bankie, bankie, bankie...." over and over again.
I had to physically force him from the laundry room.
It was his bedtime, which is a really dumb time to wash a child's bankie.
Luckily I had the backup bedspread, I think it saved me that night.
In the morning when I pulled bankie out of the dryer it was like
I had brought an old friend back to life.
William truly thought he would never see bankie again.
Bankie has been the best of friends the last
2 days since William has been sick.
It's not easy to find a friend who will hug you when your sick or stinky.
A friend who is soft and warm no matter what the weather.
A friend you can take anywhere and not hear any complaints.
A friend that never judges when your clothes
don't match and your hair is not done.
I have decided to let William have bankie for as long as his heart desires.
If he wants to take it with him to college I am not going to say a word.
I will continue to wash bankie, but I think I will need to become
007 laundry mom to get it done with no tears!
Long live bankie!
