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When Lovey Is Lost

Ways to Prevent It and Helping Your Child Cope

By Renee Roberson

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It's inevitable that most children will become attached to a favorite toy, blanket or pacifier (i.e. "lovey") during their childhood. From an early age, babies and toddlers associate loveys with the comfort of having a bottle or nursing, falling asleep or the scent and warmth of a parent.

These precious objects often become an integral part of a child's routine and provide them with something to cling to when they are separated from their parents or faced with new and sometimes overwhelming social situations. Unfortunately, a parent may not realize how important a specific item is to their child until the unthinkable happens and the lovey becomes lost.

When Shay Pausa's daughter, Ashton, was 3, she lost the beloved pink rag doll she'd had from birth during a trip to the store. Because a specific toy company only produced the doll during the year Ashton was born, Pausa had a hard time tracking down a replacement doll when "Baby Doll" didn't turn up. Each night Ashton cried and Pausa tried to assure her that the doll was being well cared for and would return home soon.

"When toddlers lose their loveys, it can be extremely distressing – especially during a time in their development when loveys are often regularly relied upon for comfort and security," says Debbie Glasser, a psychologist in Richmond, Va., and founder of NewsForParents.org.

Luckily, Pausa, host and creator of the online talk show ChiKii Woman to Woman and mother of two in Scottsdale, Ariz., happened to find a similar doll on eBay and told Ashton the doll had turned up on the "online lost and found." Ashton was a little puzzled when the doll arrived brand-new and with a different outfit on, but she eventually welcomed the doll back without suspecting that a replacement had entered the picture.


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