Miyim Simply Organic Lovie Blankie, Monkey, 0-3 Months (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Super cute and very soft. 100% cotton body and head exterior (the stuffing inside the head is now polyester). And my 6mo old baby loves it - falls asleep every night with it (gnawing it or rubbing it on his face - pediatrician said it is fine since it is cotton and so thin), and has trouble falling asleep without it. Can't ask for much more. So pleased that I found this item to buy instead of the polyester/synthetic lovies!------UPDATE: About 6 weeks and multiple washes later, and it still looks brand new. Washes very well (I wash on cold with other baby clothes, and then let hang dry .. in a pinch I'll machine dry until damp and then let air dry the remainder of the time). We got the Miyim frog lovie as well, but baby just doesn't love it as much as the monkey (I guess he was already too attached). I guess we'd better stock up on some more monkeys and start rotating them in and out in case we ever lose one!!------UPDATE: My son is now 19mo. old and has now slept with this lovey daily every night for over a year. Actually we have six of them and rotate them in and out. He LOVES them and is super comforted by them. We recently transitioned him to daycare, and having these were critical to his transition. Overall they have washed well and have been easy to care for. We machine wash on cold & tumble dry on low, and they are still in great shape. They show some slight fading (colors not as bright as they used to be), but they just look a little more loved.I know some people have expressed disappointment that this company chose to switch the filling from cotton to polyester. They say they made that decision in order to make them machine washable, and after owning them for a year I think this is a worthwhile trade-off. We have one of the older cotton ones, and five of the newer polyester-stuffed ones. The padding in the older cotton one is very stiff & densely packed, and it takes a long time to dry. The newer ones dry easily in a single dryer load and are much softer/more compressible when baby sleeps on them. Although I was initially concerned about the shifty to poly, overall I am pleased with the shift as machine washability and softness are critical for an item like this. If you are dead-set on no synthetic materials (including filling), then this is not the right choice for you, but in my mind it is the best lovey on the market.

I love these and have bought 2 different styles (the bunny for one daughter and the monkey for the other). Some of the styles can be very difficult to find, but it is worth it. I wanted organic lovies for my girls because i knew they would be spending lots of time with them, in addition to putting the lovies into mouths. they adore the lovies and sleep with them, chew on them, and carry them everywhere.the only downside (not that it mattered much to me) is that because they are organic and dyed "naturally" the color will fade with the very first wash and will continue to fade until they have a very washed-out look. the bunny started out dark pink and the monkey a rich brown ... now they are both beige and have been that way since the 4th or 5th wash. again, this doesn't bother me that much, but you should know that if you are buying specifically for the color it probably won't stay that way. my girls could care less what color they are :)

I am getting a third one of these for my son, just in case the company stops making them. At 14 months, he adores this lovey, and it makes car rides and difficult nap and bed times so much easier. I've been giving it to him to sleep since he was five months, and now I get to enjoy watching him crawl around the house like a commando with it clenched in his jaws. At first he wasn't that into his lovey, and I made the rookie parent mistake of not realizing I need to wash the lovey for a few months (!), but when I finally gave it a sniff it had a mature cheese odor. Thank god my son hadn't developed an attachment to the smell. Now I wash one, and keep one out for naps, and soon will have a third in the rotation. He loves his interchangeable loveys!

I ordered this for my best friends new baby thinking it was a small blanket. It even says Blankie really what it should say is Simply Organic dish towel with monkey head because that's the size that it is. A small dish towel. Definitely not worth the money. Loved the idea and concept especially the organic part but in the end I felt bamboozled. Lame.

My son originally received this cute and cozy monkey lovie as a baby gift when he was only a few days old and it was the one thing he really "latched onto" to sleep with. My son just turned one and the original lovie monkey still looks good as new after a year of being chewed on, dragged around everywhere, slept with at every nap and night, and lots and lots of washings! My son still sleeps with "monkey" every nap and night and it goes with us where ever we go, so I decided it would be a good idea to have a second monkey "just in case." I was happy and relieved that I was able to purchase a second one through Amazon...now one stays home and one stays in the diaper bag so we always have it! I am very happy with the quality of this product...the first one has held up wonderfully and I expect the same from the one I just received. The purchase arrived in a timely manner and in great condition too.

My son has so many toys and stuffed animals that I wasn't sure what he would cling to. At first I didn't think he had an attachment to anything. However, my mom bought him this and almost every morning when I go to get him from his crib he is holding it or rubbing it in between his fingers. We bought extras just in case we lose one and we keep them in our cars. It has helped a great deal on trips in the car (he hates being in the car). You can wash it too which is great...and it is organic which always makes me feel better too.

We are in the middle of sleep training our son, and needed a "transition object" to help him self-comfort. We received the Miyim Lovie as a gift, and loved it so much we bought several more as backup.It's a great choice because it's small and easy to grasp, but interesting enough for him to want to hold on to it. And it's great that it's organic and non-toxic, because it spends a lot of time in his mouth...