A month or two ago, Corwin decided that he wanted to switch beds with Charles so that Corwin would have the lower bunk. His primary motivation was apparently to be able to have Polynomial sleep on his bed (which is not really feasible in the upper bunk). I had thought that this was just a plan but it turns out that since we’ve ungated Poly she has been sneaking up to sleep on the lower bunk.
Corwin asked us about it and we said it was up to him and Charles to come to a mutual agreement. Charles for his own inscrutable reasons declared that it was fine with him but not until Christmas.
The kids were up late on Christmas eve so they forgot about the switch and awoke in their old beds, to Corwin’s disappointment.
Christmas night the kids were up late again and Corwin refused to switch if it meant sleeping in bed sheets contaminated by Charles.
The next night was when Charles went to sleep very early.
Finally, the next day, Mom reminded the boys about it and had them strip the beds. I was sent up to do Charles’ bed since it was now on top and too high for Charles to work on. But finally it was done and that evening I saw Poly curled up on the end of the bunk with Corwin.
Then, last night (the night after the switch) Corwin was invited to a sleep over at Colin’s house. As I checked on Charles I noticed that Poly was curled up on the lower bunk, conveniently on the undersheet as Corwin had not straightened up his bed from the morning leaving the top covers pulled back. Apparently Corwin does not find Poly cooties as off putting as Charles cooties.