Security Blankets

[Clodfobble]

About a month ago, a friend of mine was noting how her two older daughters had had security blankets (or "lovees," or whatever you want to call that one item that a toddler gets attached to and must have with them at all times), in the form of a large stuffed bear and a small stuffed dog, respectively, but that her youngest, almost 2 years old, hasn't shown a preference for any particular thing. I concurred that Minifob was the same, no emotional attachment to any of his stuffed creatures.

I should have kept my mouth shut. Less than one week later, he chose his item, pictured below: my husband's (ex)hairbrush. I am not kidding. He picked it up off the counter one morning, threw a holy fit when I tried to get him to give it up, and two days later we concluded that Mr. Clodfobble would need to buy a new brush, because he wasn't getting this one back, ever. This brush comes with him to the table to eat, in the bath, and he won't go to bed without it. It has not been out of his hands for more than a few minutes in over three weeks now.

Tell me about your kids' beloved items--better yet, pictures!--and preferably the stranger ones, so I can feel better about my weird-ass kid.