Have you seen this bunny?
Once Piper was about 3.5 months old, I realized that we had a problem: she could only fall asleep with a boob in her mouth. Now, I don't begrudge ANYTHING having to do with my choice to BF my daughter, but I was seriously missing sleep. Not asking for much, just maybe a 4 or five hour stretch? Well, one of the solutions suggested was to get her attached to a "lovey," so she could comfort herself with it when she woke up in the middle of the night.
So, I chose a cute little blanket topped with a bunny head....
Apparently my attachment therapy worked only too well....
One night a few weeks ago, we were putting Piper in her crib when I got a whiff of the most FOUL stench I'd ever smelled. After sniffing all the likely places (read: diaper check), I realized with a shock--it was coming from the bunny!! Bunny has become the victim of vampire-like chewing. Tinged with dried blood from new teeth and soaked with sour-milk scented saliva, the odor emanating from Bunny's once-proud ears would make a stable cleaning boy cry....
Needless to say, Bunny was headed for an immediate bath.... We gave Piper another bunny ("imposter bunny), to sleep with and off I rushed, pinching nose shut, to throw Bunny in the washer. Unfortunately, imposter bunny was not acceptable. I ended up giving her back foul Bunny for the night and washed it in the morning.
I have since begun a quest as epic as the search for the Holy Grail to find another, exact-same Bunny. Alas, this quest has been about as fruitful. If I knew how to post a picture of Bunny, I would, should any friendly person happen upon one. Until that blessed day, however, I shall continue boiling Bunny with vinegar and peroxide on a bi-nightly basis and suffering through agonizing nightmares of lost Bunny and vanished sleep....
So, I chose a cute little blanket topped with a bunny head....
Apparently my attachment therapy worked only too well....
One night a few weeks ago, we were putting Piper in her crib when I got a whiff of the most FOUL stench I'd ever smelled. After sniffing all the likely places (read: diaper check), I realized with a shock--it was coming from the bunny!! Bunny has become the victim of vampire-like chewing. Tinged with dried blood from new teeth and soaked with sour-milk scented saliva, the odor emanating from Bunny's once-proud ears would make a stable cleaning boy cry....
Needless to say, Bunny was headed for an immediate bath.... We gave Piper another bunny ("imposter bunny), to sleep with and off I rushed, pinching nose shut, to throw Bunny in the washer. Unfortunately, imposter bunny was not acceptable. I ended up giving her back foul Bunny for the night and washed it in the morning.
I have since begun a quest as epic as the search for the Holy Grail to find another, exact-same Bunny. Alas, this quest has been about as fruitful. If I knew how to post a picture of Bunny, I would, should any friendly person happen upon one. Until that blessed day, however, I shall continue boiling Bunny with vinegar and peroxide on a bi-nightly basis and suffering through agonizing nightmares of lost Bunny and vanished sleep....