No soft bedding!

I heard shrieks coming from the family room and peeked in to see what the girls were arguing about. M got a fabulous canopy bed/crib with a doll in it for her birthday, and they were both standing over it.

M was crying, "My baby needs a pillow and a blanket!"

A had taken the pillow and blanket out of the crib. She said in a very sensible tone, "But babies don't have pillows and blankets in their beds."

Now, how did she know that???

I said, "You're right, A; real babies don't have pillows and loose blankets in their beds. But this is just a pretend baby, so it can have a pillow and blanket if M wants it to."

"Okay." Together, the two of them put the pillow and blanket back in the baby's bed. Crisis averted, and everyone is happy.