Encourage a blankie or not??

When Ashleigh was younger and spilled alot I would fold up a piece of muslin (I used them as a wrap when she was tiny) and put it under her head. A few months ago she started pulling it out from under her and playing with it while in bed and then she starting grabbing as soon as she was put in bed and would rub it over her eyes and look really sleepy. I think it has also been good for her when her teeth are bothering her and she chews her fingers with the muslin over the top. I have just been giving it to her now when I put her down but am dubious about starting a habit that may be hard to break in the long term. She certainly doesn't get upset at the moment if she doesn't have it but does seem to like it. I guess now is the time for me to decide whether to continue giving it to her or not. She doesn't have a dummy or anything else to settle her. Advice please

We have Mr Bunny, who only stays in her cot, and she gets quite excited to see at nap times and bedtime... not too worried about her getting attached to it, as she has never been hooked on anything else ie dummy etc. So I'd say go for it ! Especially if she is teething too.

My kids each have a special toy... Kiya's had a couple of different teddy bears (the first one she lost during a walk through the Karangahaki tunnel and I couldn't get another identical one, then she picked up one of my old ones and that was that!), Josiah has his Monkey which he's slept with since he was 3 months old, and Xavier currently has a toy Mouse that he sleeps with (but that one will probably be swapped for one of his other toys when he's a little older)

Kiya had a special blanket as well (thanks Mum ) that was okay, but annoying as it was the size of a single bed blanket. It was very hard to get her to learn that the blanket stayed on her bed and couldn't go everywhere with us. I've finally been able to put it away at the start of this summer as she's now 5yo (nearly 6) and doesn't need to rub the satin edge on her face to fall asleep anymore.

Josiah likes to hold the corner of the sheet and rub it across his eyes as he falls asleep... this we encourage (as in, we give him the corner when we tuck him down) because he's happy with the corner from any sheet, it doesn't have to be a particular fabric.

Kobe has blankie, and its not allowed out of the house unless its for a sleep over and also every so often i swap it with a spare blanket just so he doesnt rely on it to much. Once he took it in the car without me realising and he left it at nanas house (which is a 45 minute drive) so of course come bedtime there was no blankie but I just said to him that he left it at nanas so he will have to use another blankie if he wants one and he was fine with that.
Addison has her thumb, think thats going to be harder to get rid of!

We have the much-loved Fussy Bubba. There is only one (Maya refused to take to a new one, she calls it "Fussy Fake") and if we lose her I have no idea what we'll do coz Maya is very attached to her. She usually stays at home, altho occasionally I catch her sneaking out on excursions...

The gremlins aren't really into anything in particular at the moment, altho Sienna often pulls her special Name blanket up into her mouth and sucks on the satin edging.

Ella loves her dummy but its not a life or death thing but lately shes taken to this cow thing its huge and blue with spots its bizarre haha

Thanks guys. I'm not too concerned with it just yet but was interested with how you found it later on when they got older. It is just a square piece of muslin and I have about 7 or 8 of them so no worries about it getting lost/needing a wash etc!! My sis went and bought a special blankie for her son - it is only hankerchief size but it is an actual proper "blankie" with a little handle thing and a toy horses head stitched on. And here I am giving my daughter a manky bit of material!!! Oh well..