I had a slight revelation this week while putting the boys to bed and reading one of my favorite childrens' books, The Berenstain Bears "Old Hat New Hat". A few years ago when Zander was learning how to talk and read at the same time, this was the very first book that he could go through, read all the words, and pronounce everything correctly. In spending so much time with this book I began to truly love the simplicity of the wording and the fundamental meaning behind it.

In the last few months, with the hats I've been changing, I've been struggling to keep up with all the changes, and last week I realized I had too many hats on my rack. And in the end, knowing that the old hat is the most comfortable, and the new hat needs to be broken in, prevailed in my manor of thinking.
Pay attention to your hats. When you put new one on, wear it long enough to know weather or not it fits. When you take one off, make sure that it's in a safe place, because you may need (or want) to come back to it later.