The Reassuring Properties of Baby Blankets

Made famous in pop culture by Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip, the baby blanket has come to symbolize early childhood. Although its use should be curtailed well before a child reaches Linus’ age, a blanket is an indispensable part of a youngster’s development. Blankets provide a sense of stability as babies absorb staggering doses of information each day.

Once a child outgrows the baby blanket, parents can salvage the material and fashion it into a keepsake. Years later, a child can tap into the powerful nostalgia that these childhood blankets often retain. As one of the baby’s first earthly possessions, a blanket establishes a link to the past that can be preserved well into the future. Handmade baby blankets are especially wonderful as a keepsake baby gift.