Kaibelle's Comfort Toy

Kaibelle with Pooh-Pooh bear and Percy the Train

Our daughter's comfort toy is none other than her Pooh-Pooh bear.  Her Papa got it for her last Christmas.  Since then, it's been her favorite toy.  She couldn't sleep without it.  She must have it with her all the time, or else, she'd lose it.

The other night, while she was in her crib, she kept tossing Pooh-Pooh out and she'd laugh every time I picked it up and handed it back to her.  It was like her game of "fetch".

While we were doing that, I noticed that, when I picked the stuffed toy, it didn't feel "stuffed" anymore.  It's like something drained the life out of it.  The head won't even raise without support anymore.  There's no more stuffing from the neck to its belly part, thus, making it look soggy.  But, she still loves her Pooh-Pooh no matter how it looks like now, or, even if it stinks a little. (Hehehe.)  I honestly love the baby smell of her stuffed toy and I don't want to wash it just yet.  She's had that since she was 6 months old, and every time I smell the toy, it reminds me of that little baby she once was - who I miss so much!

She plays with other toys when she's with her older brothers, but at the end of the day, she'll look for her Pooh-Pooh bear.  And, oh, she has one other favorite toy, Percy the train (from Thomas & Friends).  She likes to hold on to it.  She'd play with other trains, but she always has Percy in one of her hands.  Her older brothers would hand her like Thomas, Molly, and some other trains, but she'd play with them for just a bit and then, she loses interest in them.  If you take her Percy away from her, she'll go after you and she won't stop till she gets it back.  And yes, she goes after her Kuyas (older brothers) if they mess with her.  She may be a sweet little dolly, but she can be ferocious, too, so watch out! (Hehehe.) 

My husband already asked me once to wash her Pooh bear, but I told him not now.  I am preserving the baby scent of her that's left on it.  When I'm ready, I'll wash it - maybe.  I just find it so cute every time she's asleep and I watch her and how she holds her Pooh bear so close to her.  Or, when she's playing and talking to it like it's talking back to her.  She can say "Pooh-Pooh" now, and when you tell her to "go get Pooh bear" or, "where's Pooh-Pooh? Go find it!", she'll actually do as what she's told.

She definitely is different from her older brothers.  Our two boys, they both have their comfort blankets.  Both of them can never survive right now without their blankies.  With Kaibelle, it's her Pooh bear.  We actually didn't expect she won't be into blankets like her two older siblings because both of our boys love having blankets to hold on to all the time.  When she had Pooh, every speculation of her being attached to a comfort blanket, went out of the window.  It was like an instant bond between the two of them.  When we saw her held Pooh bear for the first time, we knew it was going to be her "comfort toy", and that she'll be keeping it for as long as she wants.