My Safety Blanket (aka Napkin)

(With her "safety blanket" while drinking milk)

(Fiddling with her napkin)

Mei mei has this perculiar habit since birth. She loves to rub her face and fingers with the white muslin cloths (we called this napkin) whenever she is drinking milk or going to sleep. I cannot remember when did we (my mum and I) introduced the napkin to her, but for as long as I can remember, she has been having her napkin with her all the while. I guess it serves the purpose of being a Safety Blanket, just that it is not exactly a blanket. Talking about safety blanket, her jie jie never really have this problem until mei mei was born (and that will warrant a complete post on its own)

When she is going to sleep or feeling super duper tired, she will look for the napkin. Though she can't really say it yet, but when she is shown the napkin, she will grab it and bury her face in it, and at the same time, exclaim with delight! Thus ever since she is born, we have to bring at least 1 napkin with us whenever we go. I have never worry about not bringing napkin before. The napkin has become more important than her milk powder and pacifier... haha...

Phew! Mei mei does not really recognise the "smell" of the napkin, so every few hours we will change the napkin that she is holding on to. Just cannot tolerate the eewwy smell of all her saliva(since now she is starting to drool more as she is teething badly), milk and sometimes perspiration on the napkin. Shudder!!

I am trying to distract her from the napkin by introducing a REAL blanket to her at nite. But mei mei does not really take to the idea yet. She is currently lying on the blanket while holding on to the napkin at the same time. And sometimes she wants 2 napkins!

I am just wondering when will she outgrown this!! :)