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<\/del>This weekend, we moved John John to his first non-crib, big boy bed. The first night was a bit rough, but by nap today he seemed to have gotten the hang of it. \u00a0I can see, however, that he has some mixed feelings about the move. Last night he plaintively asked for his crib – it was already full of boxes of baby girl clothes…this is probably\u00a0also related\u00a0to his soon-to-be big brother status.<\/p>\n

Today, he asked me if he was wearing big boy underpants. I told him yes. “Why?” he asked. “Because,” I told him, “You are a big boy now.”<\/p>\n

He paused for a moment to collect his thoughts, and then declared in one of his fullest, nuanced sentences to date:<\/p>\n

“No, I’m still just a little baby.”<\/p>\n

Little baby has\u00a0grown up. Even if he didn’t mean to. \u00a0He went to bed without any fuss tonight. A big boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This weekend, we moved John John to his first non-crib, big boy bed. The first night was a bit rough, but by nap today he seemed to have gotten the hang of it. \u00a0I can see, however, that he has some mixed feelings about the move. Last night he plaintively asked for his crib – … <\/p>\n

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