Gimme a Head With...

I picked out a transitional object for Westley when he was two months old. The plan was perfect: he was too young to need it (or even really register that it was there), so by the time he did need it, he'd be good and attached to it. I bought a bunch of yards of cozy green fabric at the craft store, slept with it for a couple nights so it would be good and Mommy-stinky, and then cut it into baby-sized pieces and put some everywhere.

For a while, Westley's green blanket really seemed to help him. He'd put it over his eyes like a sleep shade and drop off for a nap. But that stopped months ago, and recently, it's become clear that he's really attached to something else.

My hair. He strokes it to go to sleep for naps and at night. And I'm not about to cut a bunch of it off and give it to him, 'cause...ew. And I like my hair on most days.

So...uh...now what? Try the green blanket again and put my hair up all the time? See if I can swap in a doll with long, silky hair? Resign myself to the fact that I'm totally screwed?

Help.

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