All stuffed toys are “bear” to Remi.  They may all share the same name but she definately has a favorite.  It’s her “Baby’s 1st Pooh Bear”.  She will hug him and kiss him and if he is anywhere in the room she excitedly says, “bear!” until she gets her prize.  Pooh is probably her best companion during a diaper change.  She gets to point at Pooh’s “be-bo” (belly button) while we get to clean up her poo.

Her love for Pooh made him a likely canidate for being Remi’s first snuggle toy.  She has typically denied any attempt at pillows, blankets or dolls in her crib.  Remi sleeps alone. At her 11:00 AM nap time I quietly placed Pooh Bear in the corner of her crib.  I walked downstairs to a calm and quiet house just in time to hear the thud of Pooh hitting her bedroom floor.  I was more sneaky for nap #2 (4:00 PM).  I placed Pooh in the crib before taking Remi up for nap time.  This time there would be no chance of me disturbing her.  Despite my planning the thud of a bear hitting the ground occured as soon as I hit the steps.  This occured again at Remi’s bedtime (8:00 PM).  I gave it one last try but Pooh was violently rejected as I closed the door of Remi’s room.

She only loves Pooh as a friend.

It appears Remi is about to take another big developmental step.  She has flirted with sleeping through the night for each of the last 4 nights.  We don’t quite count any of these recent sleeping performances as “full night” because she either went to bed at 1:AM or she had to wake up once during the night.  Still, the times she has woken up hungry have been much shorter and only waking once instead of 3 times is a major improvement.