Putting a kid to bed who claims she isn’t tired is like putting to bed that one drunk friend we’ve all had. First there’s the refusal. She will not go to bed. She doesn’t need sleep. Then there’s the request for water, and different pajamas because hers feel itchy, followed by begging for you to lay with them. Tossing and turning and some weird yoga-like positions. And finally, she’s asleep. Upside down with her head at the foot of the bed, one leg under a cover and her arm around her teddy bear. But sleeping so I’ll take it.
