Poppy may not like vegetables, but she loves her buddies. Elmo, Ernie, Big Bird, Grover and L’il Bert all share the crib with Poppy. Most mornings, she only brings one or two of them downstairs with her. Yesterday, though, she wanted to bring Elmo, Ernie and Bert. And when I gave her a cup of milk, she wouldn’t put them down. She just opened her mouth as if to say, “Please place the sippy cup into my mouth and follow me around as I go about my business.” Which is exactly what we did, all the way into the living room. Where I laid her down on a pillow. She propped the cup up on the buddies and chilled for a good five minutes. And that’s a long time for a toddler to chill.