Why Toddlers Get Attached to One Stuffed Animal
Why do toddlers get attached to one stuffed animal?
That one toy is soft, and it is familiar. Let your child keep it, and give it a plan for the places where it can't come along all day.
The American Academy of Pediatrics says these favorites "work, in part, because they feel good" and are "also effective because of familiarity." Ellie and Ben read what families wrote in our Amazon reviews about kids who carry their plush everywhere, and kids who would rather leave it on the bag.
For daycare, they go through what NAEYC, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, says. It…
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