Top Bunk

Noah's had a bunk bed since before Nate was around, but we didn't have a mattress on it until recently. Noah liked hanging from the bars (monkey hangers) and preferred a sheet to lay over it. In fact, I'm not sure if Noah even knew a mattress was supposed to be up there. We just decided to get the mattress and  wouldn't you know it was one of the best purchases we could have made. You see, Noah can have his big brother moments where he doesn't want his little brother in his room touching (breaking) his Lego creations or pulling every book off the shelf or stealing all of his stuffed animals or...or... you get the idea. But this mattress has changed all that. After Jay put electrical tape over the light on the smoke detector (another story), Noah moved to the top bunk. We told them that as a special privilege Nate could nap on the bottom bunk on the weekends. They thought this was great! Noah would work himself up - and Nate, not that he needed any help - and they would talk about what they would look at or listen for or talk about once it was time to lay down. After a couple naps, Noah began calling his bed "our bed" and "our room" and was SO MUCH more tolerant of Nate. Who would've thought that this mattress would make such a difference?