constant companion. [104.365]

M brings this alligator with her EVERYWHERE these days. It was a gift from Oliver, the then-5-year-old son of my parents' friends (sort of a pseudo-cousin to M), back when M was 4 months old. He chose well! Every time I ask M what her alligator's name is, she tells me "Alligator", so I guess…

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...a quilt for M's big girl bed? We set up a "big girl bed" for M about a month ago, after she kept asking about it. She was sleeping on a Montessori-style floor bed (just a crib mattress on the floor), so we just took her unused crib and set it up with one side…