{"id":7699,"date":"2013-03-05T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/todayslegacy.wordpress.com\/?p=7699"},"modified":"2013-03-05T07:00:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T12:00:14","slug":"blankey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2013\/03\/05\/blankey\/","title":{"rendered":"Blankey"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love the way she loves on her blanket; kneading at him, stroking the soft satin beside her face as she rubs her eyes.<\/p>\n

It happens the same every time, a little rocking for a minute or two, a kiss on the forehead, laying her down, her turning to the left as she rubs her eyes and loves on that blanket.<\/p>\n

Sometimes she reaches her hand out for me to pet her head a little, beckoning me to help her settle in for a few minutes. And when she’s done with the petting, after only a short time, she turns to the left, rubbing her face into her dear friend’s soft love.<\/p>\n

She wasn’t always a blanket baby. Blankey came in after he came.<\/p>\n

She had figured out how to put herself to sleep. And sleep hard. For seven to eight hours straight hard.<\/p>\n

And then the phonecall. And then the addition of our little crier.<\/p>\n

He’s gotten better now. He’s sleeping four hour chunks now.<\/p>\n

And then she got worse.<\/p>\n

Conditioned to wake up. Conditioned to need more. Conditioned to be overly tired.<\/p>\n

And then came blankey. He was added in at first when snuggling Mommy. He had been a nice addition to the top of the diaper bag. You never know when the wind will pick up and you’ll need a shield. Or a room will be a bit too cold for Ms. “Running Cold” baby girl.<\/p>\n

But he took on new meaning. Joining us during mealtimes. Snuggling in amidst the comfort. And then he joined in at play time. Peek-a-boo was so fun! And he started to taste good.<\/p>\n

Then came his normalcy at night time. Until we find ourselves today with our beloved friend.<\/p>\n

And while there are still many times of unworking the effects of her adjustment to Little Man’s sleep interruptions, blankey has become a constant. An expected. And a friend amidst the nightly changes and adjustments.<\/p>\n

And I love the way she loves on him. Snuggling into her dear friend.<\/p>\n

And I am thankful… so thankful.<\/p>\n

She loves him.<\/p>\n

And I love my little Linus.<\/p>\n

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P.S. Don’t be worried, she has her pacifier in and plenty of air circulation in there. I check. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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