How pathetic is that, I can't even keep track of how long this has been going on? (No, really, I can - it just takes a little work and situational reference. It really is night #3...Really.)

So, yes. Tonight is the 3rd night of the whole "we got you a super sweet/phat/awesome bunkbed and now you have to actually sleep in it and maybe even share a room with your baby brother" thing. We have temporarily relocated The Despot (without sacrificing Mom and Dad's personal space - a victory in and of itself, wot wot!), and Fruit Loop has a few nights to get this sleeping thing under his belt.

Here's a recap:

Night 1: FAIL. After several false starts (and repeated wake-ups of The Despot), the boys finally went to sleep...For 2 hours, at which point Fruit Loop woke up CRYING. Real tears, sincere sadness because he was loooonely and miiiiiissed me. (Awwww. I could feel my heart breaking. You know, underneath my Bad Cop Steely-Gazed exterior..) This was 10p, The Despot started wailing, which made Fruit Loop sob that much more, so I was left with the (easy out) option: call the whole thing off. Put Fruit Loop back on the couch, fin.

Night 2: The Despot is relocated. Fruit Loop spends about 30' calling back and forth to me for various questions/"needs"/whatever. He finally goes to sleep. 2h later, wakes up, I whisper yell at him, back to sleep for the rest of the night. IN HIS ROOM. IN HIS BUNKBED. Score one (kind of) for the good guys.

Night 3: The Despot is still relocated. (BTW, the kid is an awesome sleeper. No problems sleeping through the night wherever he is in the house. Huzzah!) I believe Fruit Loop is actually asleep - w/ only 1 time calling out to me after he was put to bed. That is major success. Now if he actually does sleep through the night, no more waking up, no talking, no crying, no yelling for Mom and Dad ... (do you see this, this right here? This is our litany of "DON'Ts" before bedtime. Welcome to Fruit Loop's life.) ... Well, if all of that happens, I have promised him glorious things.

Namely, I will teach him how to use the remote control for the cable/TV. And the clincher is: he can watch as much as he wants, starting as soon as he gets up. Ahhhh, thank you, Comcast, for incentivizing my child.

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