Almost every child, be it a boy or a girl. When the age is still small, they all have a soft spot for stuffed animals. Even after that, there were a lot more fun and interesting toys, but he was reluctant to accompany the stuffed animal that accompanied him from childhood.
Yao’s five-year-old son, Yang Yang, is like this. Boys like cars, guns, and assembled toys. However, they only like a worn-out stuffed bear. They must sleep with a bear before going to bed at night, even if they go out to travel. The same thing, the first thing to go home from kindergarten is to find a bear. Yao mother wants to buy a similar bear to her son, but she only prefers the dilapidated bear who has been detained.
Why are children obsessed with that worn stuffed animal?
In infancy, the most important aspect of social development is the formation of attachment. Children not only have an attachment to specific people, such as mom and dad, grandparents, etc. but also attachment to items, such as long-term accompanying stuffed animals, can also give comfort to the baby when it is sad, nervous, help children get mental A sense of security. Most of the attachment behaviors that occur in babies occur from 6 months to 4 years old, especially at 2 years of age.
Stuffed animals = children’s close friends
In the eyes of adults, stuffed animals have no life, no emotions, just an item. In the eyes of the child, the stuffed animal is to follow his best friend since childhood. When the child is scared, angry, and scared, he will talk to his stuffed animal about his little secret, even if the plush toy can’t make a real response. But it can bring psychological comfort to the child.
For the child’s “best playmate”, parents need to pay attention to:
1. When buying a stuffed animal for your child, choose a quality guarantee, preferably a brand. Don’t be too long, you can rub it on your cheeks, feel if you are comfortable with the skin, and smell it with a pungent smell.
2. The size of the stuffed animal should be suitable for your baby so that the baby can hug and play.
3. Stuffed animals(stuffed animals manufacturers), the parts of the eyes, it is best to choose the eyes that are sewn with needlework, do not choose plastic products, the baby is easy to swallow, and the plastic products have the risk of containing formaldehyde.
4. Always bathe the stuffed animals with your child, dry and so on.