Friday afternoon and evening we had our first ever traumatic search for the beloved blanket Samuel carries around. We headed out mid morning to run some errands and stop at a few stores. Samuel handed me "t-t" as we were heading down the stairs and I put it over the diaper bag as we made our way down.
About halfway through the mall I realized he didn't have it and didn't recall taking it out of the car. I figured I had left it and we would worry about it later. About 6 hours later we made it back home. Samuel was napping so he went straight into bed. I mentioned to Mike I hadn't seen the blanket and the search began...
We looked everywhere, the apartment, the car, the stairwell, the garbage cans....
We called everywhere, Barnes and Noble, the mall, the apartment complex...
no "t-t"
we then put up lost signs. I know it sounds a bit much, but we were desperate. We had lost the beloved security object. What kind of parents are we?
We decided that we needed to tell him and that we couldn't wait until it was bedtime. So Mike sat down with him and explained that "t-t" was lost, missing, no where to be found. Samuel did a quick look through the typical places in the apartment. It was about 2 minutes later that it hit him. It was really gone. The sad lip stuck out and started to quiver and tears welled up in his eyes. Our hearts were broken.
We loaded up the car and headed to Target. We could a least let him pick out a new blanket and pray that it would serve the purpose and he would be ok. Walking down the aisle he saw a green blanket almost identical to the original. He started yelling "t-t" and quickly embraced it. He instantly started rubbing it between his fingers and singing his little song. Big sigh of relief.
We were gone most of the next day and when we got home that night, there on our doorstep...the old "t-t". Someone found it and returned it! Samuel was so excited. Here he is celebrating. So, the "t-t" has been found and the replacement has been stuck up in the closet for future situations.
About halfway through the mall I realized he didn't have it and didn't recall taking it out of the car. I figured I had left it and we would worry about it later. About 6 hours later we made it back home. Samuel was napping so he went straight into bed. I mentioned to Mike I hadn't seen the blanket and the search began...
We looked everywhere, the apartment, the car, the stairwell, the garbage cans....
We called everywhere, Barnes and Noble, the mall, the apartment complex...
no "t-t"
we then put up lost signs. I know it sounds a bit much, but we were desperate. We had lost the beloved security object. What kind of parents are we?
We decided that we needed to tell him and that we couldn't wait until it was bedtime. So Mike sat down with him and explained that "t-t" was lost, missing, no where to be found. Samuel did a quick look through the typical places in the apartment. It was about 2 minutes later that it hit him. It was really gone. The sad lip stuck out and started to quiver and tears welled up in his eyes. Our hearts were broken.
We loaded up the car and headed to Target. We could a least let him pick out a new blanket and pray that it would serve the purpose and he would be ok. Walking down the aisle he saw a green blanket almost identical to the original. He started yelling "t-t" and quickly embraced it. He instantly started rubbing it between his fingers and singing his little song. Big sigh of relief.
We were gone most of the next day and when we got home that night, there on our doorstep...the old "t-t". Someone found it and returned it! Samuel was so excited. Here he is celebrating. So, the "t-t" has been found and the replacement has been stuck up in the closet for future situations.
