So, a stuffed animal may be sort of a good alternative to having someone else sleeping in your bed.” Even over the course of a life, it makes sense to need contact when you sleep, Lamar added.

On the TSA’s own website about what you can and can’t bring on a plane, it says stuffed animals are allowed. Jenna Lucky says her 6-year-old son Gabriel went everywhere with his stuffed dog Petey.

However you use your favorite stuffed animal –– displayed on a shelf, tucked in a closet or ready for you in bed at night –– it is great if it can be a way to get better sleep, Greenberg said.

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Her mother’s best friend gave her Ogen, a light brown stuffed bear puppet, as a seventh birthday gift. “It was love at first sight,” Ms. Tuttle, 47, said.