Alex has had some issues falling alseep lately.  Many times, he wakes up wanting to "nuggle Mommy". I've been trying to help him find ways to comfort himself, so I've not only reminded him of his blanket, but started pointing out a soft bear he has in the bed with him.  Last week I asked him if his bear had a nap.  He said, "Nap".

So, the next time he was fussing, I went to ask "Do you want Nap….Bear?"  I couldn't just ask him if he wanted a nap! Of course he didn't–that's why he was crying!  I asked him again, another time, "Alex, what's the name of your bear?" He again repeated, "Nap!"  So I kept finding myself saying "Alex, do you want to snuggle Nap…Bear?", "Here's Nap….Bear". I just could not call that bear Nap!  So now, if you ask him the name of his bear he'll tell you "Nap Bear".  Whoops. Sorry to influence the naming of your animals, kid.

Last week James came home to the boys playing while I was making dinner. They were playing "Night-Night Wake Up Train". (Based on the name, I'm assuming they were pretending they were on a train and they were sleeping and waking up on it). James walked in to see Alex covered up in Will's bed, with a duck Randy and Shari gave to Alex when he was born.  When James saw the duck he asked Alex "What's the name of your duck?"  Alex replied "Duck Bear!"