Rip Van Winkle and the Catnapper

One of the greatest differences in the twins’ personalities is the way they sleep. Trey Davey sleeps a lot more and in longer durations. The process is simple; he becomes tired, lies down and goes to sleep. His brother, on the other hand, has an entirely different bedtime story. Benji doesn’t want to miss anything, so he sleeps much less and in shorter durations. When he’s tired, he gets fussy and stubborn. He fights going to sleep. Sometimes we’ll spend more than an hour trying to get him to sleep, and he’ll nap for only 30 minutes. On this occasion we tried swinging him to slumber. First he refused to lie back, preferring to sit upright, and then when he finally did fall asleep he fell uncomfortably forward. This siesta lasted only about a quarter hour.