good bye, bumper

Sad day. Elijah is getting bigger, and his crib mattress had to be lowered today. We don't want him to fall out of his crib, so we are taking measures before he figures out how to pull himself up to standing. But that means that his crib bumper had to come off. There's no good way to attach it any more. Such a bummer. Elijah loved his bumper. He would lay there and talk to it and play with the ties. He was always happy to be put in his crib, because the bumper was always there. It was his best night/nap time friend. Sometimes after a nap we'd find him peeking out from under it taking in the world (well, his bedroom). Yet tonight he had to go to bed with the bumper gone. I was concerned he would realize something was different and cry, but he was too tired after a day at a zoo and went right to sleep.

My little baby is growing up! Oh, no! ;o)