The cutting of the tags...

CR is still getting up early (today it was 5:55am), but at least he is napping and going to bed somewhat earlier. Last night at bedtime, B asked him about our deal with Nano and Sup. We already removed the tags from two of the three Nanos, but Sup was the big hurdle. He is the ultimate comfort in CR's eyes, and I was a little reluctant to remove the soothing sucker from Sup in light of how awful CR's sleeping habits have been as of late.

There is reasoning behind our desire to remove the slippery, nasty little tags from his blanket pals beyond the fact that he is three, and that he shouldn't need to depend upon these safety-nets whenever he can't sleep, gets upset, etc. We are also a little worried about his overall dental health (they say pacifiers and bottles should be eliminated at some point in early childhood for the same reason, so shouldn't the same apply to sucking on labels?), not to mention the fact that his buddies smell...like really, really smell...horrible. No matter how often I wash them, they hold this funk that should deter him from even considering putting them in his mouth, but alas, he does it anyway.

So here is a little glimpse from last night of our big boy, and the cutting of the tags...