I’ve been suspicious for a couple of days, but sure enough, Rowan has started chewing his big blanket 😩 I felt so cruel taking away his cuddly receiving receiving blanket, but it WORKED. You guys have all seen the enormous transformation of Rowan’s jaw and face shape. Some of you have heard the huge boost in his language, too, and how surprisingly clear he is. The cruelty was worth it, haha! But seriously, I can’t fathom taking away his other blanket 🙁 I personally could NOT sleep without a blanket. I can’t imagine my two year old having to, especially after always sleeping with one!
My guess is that maybe he’s teething. The thing is, he popped a couple of molars just the other week. Like they have fully popped. He’s not been complaining and chewing in the day at all. So I guess he could be working on his two year molars, but only at night?? I don’t know. I don’t want to just casually load him up on meds and hope he stops chewing his blanket. That doesn’t even make sense.
The only idea I can come up with is a sleep sack. I have NOTHING against sleep sacks, for the record, but I have never used them. I can’t help but think it would be a bit silly to start after he’s turned two years old. I feel like going from a blanket to a sleep sack will infuriate him, to have his legs all tied up in there. I’d hate it. But I’m at such a loss otherwise 🙁 I had to wake him up yesterday, and his blanket was SHOVED into his mouth, just like it used to be. I’m so discouraged. We cannot go back and recreate all of the damage that was done. I have to find another way.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!