Another bedtime story

Writing the last post about sleep reminded me of another story I never got around to telling...

When we moved back to the Red House, Asher loved the house,

(Asher's first look at the house)

but he did NOT like his room.

When we first showed it to him and said "Asher's room!" he took one look and simply said "no."

Needless to say this did not lead to peaceful bedtimes or nap times.

As a result, we would cave, and let him sleep on the couch.

Or the floor.

Or the floor after he rolled off the couch.

(Please note the two pillows and blankets that had been considerately placed on the floor just in case he fell off the couch)

Or the boat at Jamestown Settlement.

(Just kidding)

And yes, even the closet.

(Not kidding)

Really, we aren't bad parents for putting him in the closet. We were trying to convince him to go take a nap when he wanted to play hide-and-seek in the closet.

Out of desperation Deenesh asked him, "do you want to just sleep in the closet?"

And well, he did.

PS Since I'm a stickler for details I feel obliged to confess that Asher didn't do well sleeping in these alternate locations and these photos were the exceptions. Generally he just had to tough it out in his room. But the point is we were desperate enough to try.

PPS Except the closet. He did actually sleep pretty well in the closet.