"blankie"

I made the mistake of washing Vaughn's "blankie" this morning!! He saw me put it in the washer, and started crying! I had to shut the bathroom door so he wouldn't go in there and turn off the washer, and he stood by the door and cried for about a half hour!! I finally distracted him for a few minutes with my wolf blanket, which he really likes because it's so soft, but then he started crying again! He quit crying a few minutes before the washer was done. He followed me into the bathroom when I went to put the laundry in the dryer-- he saw his blankie and he was off again!!!! Poor little guy!!! I might have to get another blanket just like that one so this doesn't happen again... I wonder if he would notice the difference?