toby of the day, 12.18.2007 part 2

As if our bedroom wasn't looking dishevelled enough, our walls barren except for the water damage as we try to dry out and flatten the pictures that were hanging on them, we've decided to truly make it a "bed" room. Toby has a very fancy mattress. no pbde's, all natural, organic, but with a little waterproofing for accidents (for example, unanticipated bedroom rainstorms). it is also incredibly hard, cold, and uncomfortable. I've tried adding extra blankets and padding (though not too many for fear of the evil SIDS), moving it closer to the heater, sleeping on it with him, but no luck. he's so averse to it, that the other night he was up every hour. so tonight, we moved our extra twin bed into the bedroom. the twin bed was previously available in case jon or I really needed to sleep, we could sleep in a different room. I have taken advantage of this only once, but it was the most luxurious 7 hours of sleep ever. it turns out that the twin bed is only barely smaller than our full size bed, which means that about 85% of the space in our bedroom is now covered by beds. it's like we're in an orphanage. or one of those crazy bouncy castles they have at kids parties. regardless, toby really likes the new bed. it's very bouncy, which he quickly discovered and, with our help, he spent 30 minutes jumping up and down giggling. and then he slept, like a baby. not the not sleeping kind of baby that we are used to, but the kind of baby that actually sleeps for many hours in a row. Optimist that he is, Jon believes it was just a fluke. I guess we’ll find out tonight.