12.15.05
The WHOLE nite-nite story
The whole nite-nite story really starts when Jerry was a baby. The very original nite-nite was his. Grandmother gave it to Chance when he was born, and there were two of them. One almost worn out from Jerry and one new thick one with lots of stitching. The older one was stored away shortly after Gabe was born and was replaced in Chance’s mind with a twin size pooh-bear quilt to go on his big boy bed. And Gabe got a crib size pooh-bear quilt plus the thick crib size silky quilt (just slightly more worn than when Chance was a baby).
Then we move to Atlanta, the boys got the bunk beds and Chance and Gabe’s nite-nite became yellow and white checked cotton quilts. The baby crib size blankets got put aways for next baby. Chance and Gabe both kept their yellow quilts around for a long time but they became ragged and they dissapeared while we still lived in Millbrook.
Tarlie was born in 1978 in Atlanta and out came the one silky blanket, and a crib size pooh-bear, and a new crib size girly blanket that had a little baby giraffe with it. The silky blanket was the standard on the floor spot for the baby because it was so soft but heavy and did wrinkle up as she wiggled around. I got out the older silky one that was very thin and flimsy to cover her with and that became her permanent nite-nite until it disappeared mysteriously on a Grandmother visit to Montgomery.
Then Lucas was born… Tarlie kept the thin silky nite-nite and her backup was the giraffe crib size, Lucas attached to the thick one with lots of stitching that had been through the three older children and was rather worn in. He always has two backups, the crib size pooh bear and the twin size pooh bear.
By the time Lucas was eight 1988 the nite-nite was on its last legs. See picture below. Grand mother made him a replacement that he attached to very quickly and kept the Pooh’s as backups.
The new one was soft and silky but wore out quickly. Lucas went to the crib size Pooh as backup #1. It wore out as he went to Lawrenceville, I think, and he moved on to the twin size pooh whch I kept sewing up as it became more and more ragged. I learned to put it inside a pillow case to wash it and never asked if I could because he would say no. Tarlie has his Pooh nite-nite now. I know she will keep it safe for him.