Monday, October 14, 2013

Bed Police

So we survived our move.  It seemed in the last week before we closed on our new house, we kept having one hurdle after another.  We've been in our new house almost two weeks, and were mostly unpacked after the first week.  While that is fine, the best part of our new house is the sleeping arrangements. 

Before we moved, at least a month ahead, I started letting the Babe know about our new house.  Oh, and a local phenomenon.  Have you heard of the Pennsylvania Bed Police?  No?  Well, don't tell the Babe that!  I let her know that in Pennsylvania, all children have to sleep in their own bed.  I don't know the punishment if they don't, but the Bed Police might come over and we don't want that.  I did such a good job, that after our first night in the house when we had only one bed set up for sleeping, she was concerned.  I told her we had gotten permission for that night, and the next, when her bed wasn't yet ready, for her to sleep with us.  The third night in the house, her room was unpacked, her bedding washed and bed made, so that meant she had to sleep in her own bed.  She wasn't too happy about it, but complied.  In the middle of the night she woke crying that she wanted to sleep in my bed, but I reminded her that wasn't possible. 

She does not like the Bed Police, but it has worked so far.  There is no debate about where she is going to sleep.  Granted, one night she had a little bed-wetting accident, so of course she came in to our bed.  The Bed Police know that kids can't sleep in wet beds (hopefully this doesn't give her any ideas).  While she might wake in the night calling for me, she knows she can't sleep the night in my room.  I might spend a few hours in her bed, but as long as its not every night, that's fine.