The Sleeping Post

I've recently begun to tell alex he has to go to bed because he's not acting happy. Surprisingly, this turned out to be a stroke of genius on my part. He's usually sent to bed because he starts acting unacceptably and by telling him he has to go to bed because he's not being happy, he either starts acting happy and good, or he goes to bed- by himself -it's awesome.

Tonight I said, "After I read three books, you and Chio have to go to bed." While I was reading, alex made a bed for Chio and himself on the couch without any help. When he was done he said "look mommy, me and the baby, baby and me are happy." How nice that he was trying to save the baby from a reasonable bedtime instead of just thinking of himself - don't you think?


I think because our kids were born in different states they're naturally different temperatures. alex likes it cold and Chio likes it hot. This makes finding the perfect temperature to keep our house difficult. Right now we're keeping it around 78 most days; if were doing something heavy (like moving the furniture again or having friends over) we keep it cooler, but usually 78-80. At this temperature Chio is freezing (?) when we get her out of bed; and alex, with a fan blowing on him, sweats like this when he sleeps.


side note: I have no idea why he was sleeping on the side of the bed like that but we thought it was funny.