Security!

Caris had yet to develop a security object; you know a beloved blanket, lovie, toy, etc that functions to comfort the little one. Instead, Caris has typically utilized the one holding her/rocking to sleep to provide this function. Which is fine, but one of the functions she needs for comfort is to latch on to something. And this translated into death grip on mom's neck and arms and anything else she can get hold of. So I have been on a mission to find an object to substitute for my poor body. We've tried lovies, blankies, toys, yet Caris would never take hold.

Enter little basketball. Which is really not a toy. Rather some kind of lip balm I think Garrett got in his stocking one year? Caris discovered this and quickly has become her clutch. And the only thing I have ever succesfully utilized to occupy her grip when bedtime approaches.

And now she sleeps with this little security object and totes it around.

Caris also has a high level of fondness for socks. If she finds any socks nearby, she clutches them tightly and will not let go. This little habit developed when she was quite tiny and she always removed her socks from her feet and put them in her mouth. To stay. She loves to hold socks, carry them around, and still loves to chew on them. And now she is trying to put them on her feet. So random. But a true source of joy for the girl.

So mini basketball, socks, and a book. And she's all good.

- can you see her socks in her hands? this is how she chases me down in the mornings...pushing her books, with her socks.