Experiment

We recently tried a new experiment at our house. Nathan was absolutely positive that he wanted to have his bed moved upstairs so that he could sleep up there at night.

We have been trying to think of things that would temp the boys to move upstairs. We told them that if they move upstairs, they could paint their room any color they wanted. That we would put a TV in their old room so that they could watch their shows downstairs in comfort.

The boys are petrified about going upstairs by themselves, so imagine my surprise the other day when Nathan announced that he wanted to move his bed upstairs. Bruce and I were all for it, but I decided that before we move his dressers, headboards, etc. that we would just move the mattress up there to see how well they would do. If they did good, we would move all their furniture up there the following weekend.

Not surprisingly, they did not want to go to bed that night. When they finally fell asleep on the couch we carried them upstairs. About midnight we here Nathan in our room telling us that he does not want to sleep upstairs anymore. We tell him to go sleep on the couch. Laying there trying to go back to sleep, we hear Nathan muttering to himself. Finally Bruce gets up to see what he is doing. Eventually Bruce determines that Nathan is worried about Darren being upstairs by himself. Bruce tells Nathan that Darren is fine and to go to sleep. The next morning when I walk in the living room to get Nathan up, I discover Darren curled up in my chair.

Needless to say, the experiment of having the two boys sleep upstairs was a complete failure. However it was nice to discover that despite all their fighting, Nathan really is concerned about his brother.