Bun Bun Amputation

We've decided that the time has come to deal with Bun Bun, but I just don't have it in my heart to go cold-turkey. As a compromise, I came up with the idea of amputation. It's the paws that Ellie sucks on and if it weren't for that, we'd have no problem with her keeping Bun Bun around. I'm still concerned about how it will work out because she not only sucks on a paw to put herself asleep, but she strokes the other paw with her fingers.
How do you decide which BunBun to amputate? Do you sacrifice the oldest one with the assumption that it's the grossest? But it's also the most loved. What about the one with the blood stain on it? But Ellie is so cute whenever she points out that Bun Bun has an owie. What about the one whose head has always been a bit deformed? Or maybe one of the bunnies whose noses are coming undone? In the end, we chose to amputate the Bun Bun that was falling apart the most. The other 6 were very relieved. Little do they know that they might be next.

Though we plan on enforcing the arm-less Bun Bun in the next couple of days, I accidentally gave it to Ellie once last week for bedtime:

Ellie: Oh oh, Mommy! Mommy! Where did bun bun arm go?
Mommy: Oh no, is Bun Bun missing her arms?
Ellie: (with great concern) Yeah!
Mommy: What do you think happened to her?
Ellie: Bun Bun fall down and go boom. He as no arms!
Mommy: Bun Bun fell down and went Boom? And her arms feel off?
Ellie: (very sad) Yeah!
Mommy: That must have been a big fall!
Ellie: YEAH! Wea-y wea-y big fall! You ok, Bun Bun?
Mommy: I think this Bun Bun needs extra love. She's still soft and lots of fun to hug.
Ellie: (Gives Bun Bun a big hug)
Mommy: Can you give her lots and lots of hugs tonight?
Ellie: Yeah. I need odder Bun Bun too.

She ended up sleeping with two Bun Buns. One in her mouth while she hugged the poor armless one with lots of love. Maybe there's hope?

While Daddy and Mommy were on the Metro in Paris (pictures to come soon, I promise), we discovered the real story behind what happened to Bun Bun's arms:
Wish us luck with the transition!