bear bedtime

Dylan,

We take your bears (well three of the four) and your warm blankets out of your crib at naptimes. It has lead to a tradition of putting the bears down for their own naps on the floor under the extra blankets before you climb into bed.

It's a great way to focus your attention and set your mood.

Today, Mom tells me that you picked up each bear from the floor one at a time and, cradling them in your arms, sang them the first verse of your night-night song before tucking them in.

To paraphrase something Papa Joe said long ago now, but that I think of often: "This child knows he's loved".