Am I to old for a baby blanket

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I'm 18 and i still sleep with my baby blanket. I kinda feel to old but its kinda my comfort thing. I can't sleep without it and I'm really emotionally conected to it. Any opinions?

It is perfectly fine to still have a baby blanket when you are older. You are not harming yourself or others, and in fact it actually seems to help you, as a "comfort thing".
There is nothing wrong with that. Just because we grow older does not mean that we no longer need or want to be comforted or feel safe. Keep the blanket for as long as it helps you. That may be for years, that may be forever.
Honestly, don't worry, you are fine.

My nephew took his to college. He used it as a pillow. He may still sleep with it. It wouldn't surprise me.

You're fine

You're never too old for comfort items. If other people don't like it, then that's their problem. You're fine. Also, for what it's worth...I know several people who are much older than 18 who still sleep with things like stuffed animals, baby blankets, etc. You're definitely not the only one who uses comfort items like this.

You're never too old for a baby blanket, as long as you still want it and find it comforting. I'm a lot older than you and I still get comfort from cuddling teddies and soft toy animals. I have quite a large collection of them and I usually sleep with one or two of them in bed with me. I don't see anything at all wrong with that.

I see nothing at wrong with being 18 and still sleeping with a baby blanket. I know an 18 year old who is NT and she still thinks Arthur is a good show and collects stuffed animals. She also watches Spongebob Squarepants as well. Honestly, I think adolescents should not be in a rush to give up some reminders of childhood. Growing up should be a journey, not a race.

Next time I'm at a mall, heck, I'm getting another Build A Bear.

My 26 year old fiance still has her baby blanket with her at night. She feels embarrassed about it sometimes, but I just tell her "If it helps don't get rid of it." I think the reason she has it is it reminds her of a simpler, safer time, before she was a victim of her parent's divorce, 2 sexual assaults at school, and a rape in her own bedroom.

Are you too old? Yes society thinks your too old?
Should you be too old? No it is a personal choice which affects no one else in the slightest. Just keep it and be happy you have something to comfort you. I'm 14 and I still have a teddy bear and will continue to do so throughout my life. He reminds me of many people I care about.

I don't think you could ever be too old for anything that helps you sleep/relax. I would still use my baby blanket if it wasn't pretty much shredded, even now I have a stuffed rabbit that I sleep with along with my big, soft, warm blanket that I take when I spend the night away from home. I'm definitely in no hurry to grow up.

I'm 16 and I still sleep with my cuddly rabbit and teddy bear on my chair bed, both of which I've had since I was born. I also cuddle them a lot. They "sleep" on the chair bed because I don't like the thought of "hurting" them by rolling over them in my sleep.

BTW, you're alright, I think it's perfectly fine to have a baby blanket whatever age you are.

No you are not too old. If anything it is great that you have an emotional comfort. I still sleep with the same stuffed animals that I have slept with since I was a baby. I am 31, will be 32 in November, and I have had them since 1978-79. I would not know what to do if I did not have them. Everyone needs something to help and give them emotional comfort, no matter what it is. Society puts this stupid thing that we are too old for this and that. i think that is just plain stupid, controlling, or just society's way of trying to "age" us. yet, you have 50 year old people who want to look younger. It is hypercritical to say that we are too old for baby items, and yet say we need to look younger to be beautiful. If everyone would be just as innocent and comfortable with their emotional comforts, no matter what it is, then maybe people out there would not be so shallow, judgmental, and maybe be a little less stressed.

I'm in the same situation and I'm 19 and at university! My close friends know about my old cot blanket and have no problem, and people who aren't close friends don't ever see it. I have been without it less than 20 nights in my life, and about 15 of them would be when I'm on exercise with my Officers Training Corps (in the last year) where I manage to leave it behind.
My worry is that both of them (two the same to allow them to be washed - good forward planning by my parents) are falling apart

There is no shame in having it. I am pretty open about mine, I never had a teddy or anything, my blanket is my teddy. And it's all I want so why should people have a problem? Their loss if they don't have something similar

I don't see a problem with it. Sure, it's different, and others don't use it, but it's not hurting anyone and it's helping you out. You don't need to get rid of it or anything because it's deemed as "weird" or whatever to others. If it helps comfort you, then it's perfectly fine.

A lot of people have "baby blankets" (or other items that comfort them) even when they don't know it. You should be fine. I still have one of my stuffed dolls from when I was little. I don't sleep with it nearly as much anymore, but he still comforts me once in awhile. He reminds me of when I was a little kid. I have other things/people that comfort me now besides my stuffed doll that are generalizable to other places so I don't need to carry my doll wherever I go, but it's still nice to have him on my bed.

I never had a comfort blanket as such but I had a few special cuddly toys who'll never leave my bedside again. I'll be 24 soon and most of my cuddly toys I was told at 8 or 9 that they'd been thrown out, only to find a black binliner full of them all whilst clearing out my parents attic. I was so happy I cried, I knew the 2 most sentimental toys, my very first 2 from my parents and sister, wouldn't have been thrown out but I had a soft plushie glove-puppet dog and a load of hush puppies I thought I'd never see again. I was 'grown out' of cuddly toys by the time my mum deceived me but when I discovered the furry fandom at 18 I quickly grew back into them and now can't sleep without a plushie slipped under my paw *blushes*

yes you are to old you should become indepedant of a piece of cloth.