"I Put Aside Childish Things"......Then I Take Them Up Again!

I reported some time ago that Jonah had started sleeping with his teddy bear, a soft and fuzzy blue bear that we affectionately call Teddy (go figure). After a week or so of sleeping with Teddy, Jonah decided to kick Teddy out of his bed, and he went several months without a lovey. Maybe Teddy did something to offend Jonah, sort of like how I tell Josh to sleep on the couch if I'm really annoyed with him (yeah, that whole thing about not going to bed angry hasn't always worked around here!). Who knows? We're talking about the mind of not-quite-three-year-old, after all.

Well, over the last week or so, Jonah has apparently made amends with Teddy and warmly welcomed him back to bed - not into any other aspect of his life, mind, just the bed. Teddy never comes downstairs or even leaves Jonah's bedroom. "Teddy is only for bedtime (and naptime, too, as he always cuddles him then as well as at night)," Jonah has informed us. It's probably completely un-PC to say that he has a little lovey slave, but that is certainly what it seems like! :)