This is Ducky, her most prized possession. Ducky makes her happy when she is sad, Ducky keeps her company, Ducky helps her fall asleep in the blink of an eye. Don't even TRY to put her to bed without it. But, instead, hand her Ducky and she'll pull it to her face, close her eyes, as fall asleep. It's beautiful. She'll hold one of his feet to gently brush against her lips and it's some kind of weird and wonderful soothing mechanism. Recently, I thought she had dropped Ducky at Target (generally Ducky stays in the car, but I hadn't noticed she still had him until we were in the store) and it was a sad sad afternoon until I discovered him in the garage. Tragedy averted!
Ducky is such a fixture, that she doesn't even realize she HAS him in hand sometimes. Take yesterday, for example, when I was carrying her upstairs for her nap. "Ducky!!! Wheh Ducky?!" she wailed. I replied, "In your hand." She looked at her empty hand, as if wondering how Ducky turned invisible. "No, your OTHER hand," I told her. She picked up her other hand, that had been hooked back around my arm, to behold: DUCKY! "OH!" she squealed. "PEEK-A-GOO!"
So, yes, as long as she continues to assail me with excruciating sweetness, I'll wipe down as many squished food bits as it takes. And she'll say she loves me and we'll live happily ever after.
(please excuse the crusty mouth. that, unfortunately, also seems to be a permanent fixture)
2 comments:
That is so, so, so adorable. The rubbing it on her face reminds me of Jonathan's comfort thing, which is, oddly enough, having socks on his hands. At least she looks sweet and cute with her cuddly thing :)
Um...that's Finn EVERY SINGLE meal. Also, he throws it ALL OVER THE KITCHEN!...has even made it into the sink (way to go kiddo), the living room, onto the backdoor...up his nose, in his ears. Bathtime is reserved for after dinner now.
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They keep you from having to change their clothes 5 times a day.
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