A new post, in which Trixie is aghast

One of Trixie's little darlings had a play date the other day with a pair of twins at his pre-school.  The twins are awesome: really great little guys.  When Trixie arrived to pick up her own LD, she saw that in the twins' bedroom, lining both adorable little beds, were rows and rows of STUFFED ANIMALS!  Trixie believes (and has scientific data behind her on this) that stuffed animals harbor DUST MITES and bacteria and dirt and lots of other yucky things.  Trixie remembered the twins' mom telling tales of upper respiratory woes and could barely restrain herself from grabbing all of the stuffed animals and shoving them into a plastic bag and taking them to the nearest Dumpster.  Harsh?  Perhaps.  However, while a stuffed animal or two can be a nice transition item for a child, three or more is a crowd of really icky and truly hazardous GERMS that get into the respiratory tract and cause all of those sniffles and coughs and repeated bouts of upper respiratory infection that, in turn, lead to disrupted sleep.

So, sorry to come back after a few months and get all snarly on you, but if your child has allergies or coughs at night and awakens from coughing, LOSE THE LOVIES.