When Kiddo was very young, she started holding the collar of her onesie while sucking her thumb.
She continued to do this more and more as she grew older. But only while sucking her thumb, and she only did that when she was tired, hungry, or upset. I loved that thumb sucking was a distress indicator, not just something she did.
The problem was, what would happen when she stopped wearing onesies? Obviously at some point, it is not convenient to have snaps across your bottom. She solved this problem herself. First she started holding onto the collar of either her jammies or onesies (they both have the same scalloped edges). And since we still put her in her warm jammies at night, with a pull-up on, we were still using jammies and onesies, which she started carrying all over the house. And needing an extra pair when she went to bed. Where most children have a stuffed animal, a blanket, my child has "jammies and onesie." (Which, for me, is way better than the child at the library who has a comfort washcloth... ) She would carry as many as possible. Laundry day was a blessing in her life, because they were all convenient.
When she outgrew them all, we put them away for the next child, except one pair. She still faithfully sleeps with them every night. And she still has one pair of jammies currently with the correct collar, her favorite pair, cupcake jammies.
And she has a name for it. One night she explained to me, "you hold the jammies like this, and button your finger in them." She has been sighted trying to button her fingers into Babs' jammies (while Babs' was wearing them) in a pinch.
While this is very important to her, don't try to button your fingers in her jammies. It's not allowed.
She continued to do this more and more as she grew older. But only while sucking her thumb, and she only did that when she was tired, hungry, or upset. I loved that thumb sucking was a distress indicator, not just something she did.
The problem was, what would happen when she stopped wearing onesies? Obviously at some point, it is not convenient to have snaps across your bottom. She solved this problem herself. First she started holding onto the collar of either her jammies or onesies (they both have the same scalloped edges). And since we still put her in her warm jammies at night, with a pull-up on, we were still using jammies and onesies, which she started carrying all over the house. And needing an extra pair when she went to bed. Where most children have a stuffed animal, a blanket, my child has "jammies and onesie." (Which, for me, is way better than the child at the library who has a comfort washcloth... ) She would carry as many as possible. Laundry day was a blessing in her life, because they were all convenient.
When she outgrew them all, we put them away for the next child, except one pair. She still faithfully sleeps with them every night. And she still has one pair of jammies currently with the correct collar, her favorite pair, cupcake jammies.
And she has a name for it. One night she explained to me, "you hold the jammies like this, and button your finger in them." She has been sighted trying to button her fingers into Babs' jammies (while Babs' was wearing them) in a pinch.
While this is very important to her, don't try to button your fingers in her jammies. It's not allowed.
