Josiah’s amazing caregiver salvaged what remained of the tattered tent, sliced it down one side, draped it over the wooden frame and created a fully enclosed bed, comlete with a zipper. She did this while Rick and I were out for the afternoon. She totally surprised us. We would have thrown the tent out.
Her genuis plan bought us more time. If you peer through the netting our backwards jammie clad boy is sleeping soundly. The zipper is closed, the tent is secure. All is right with the world.
The first night was a success. Emphasis here is on the FIRST night. As with most things, given enough time, Josiah will problem solve his way through it.
This is how I found him the 2nd morning.
He’s still inside the tent, though he has figured out there is some ‘wiggle’ room at the foot of the bed inside the zippered fabric.
At this point I knew we were in trouble. This is phase one of Josiah’s mastermind plan to supersleuth his way out. What looks like innocent bead play to the casual onlooker is really master intelligence crafting an escape.
Racing to outsmart the boy, I posted an ad on Facebook and Care.com:
NIGHT TIME CAREGIVER NEEDED 1 – 6 am
3 NIGHTS A WEEK
Are you a night owl? Are you adept at finding ‘Mama Odie’s sing-along’ on an ipad and happy listening to it over and over and over again? Are you comfortable assisting a teenage boy in the bathroom, even if it may involve rubber gloves, lots of wipes and room deodorizer spray?
If you answered yes to all of the above, I have JUST the job for you! Some nights you may actually do nothing if Josiah sleeps, but if he’s awake, he would be your responsibility while his dad and I SLEEP. Insert Angelic choirs of angel singing at this point!
You would be considered a blessing sent straight from Heaven and we will most likely heap mounds of praise and adoration on you, not to mention home made cake balls every now and again.
Please share if you know a kindly soul who may be perfect for just such an amazing job! Thank you!! Pay is $16 an hour, plus the praise and adoration AND the cake balls!!
In the nick of time, by the grace of God, we found a wonderful woman who will be training herself out of a job. Her role is to assist Josiah back to bed each and every time he gets out of it. No talking. No eye contact. No intereaction of any kind, other than firm, gentle guidance back to bed. Eventually, he will get the point.
Thankfully, she will be starting soon. This was his bed this morning:
That’s the technique Super Nanny uses. I sure hope it works! Sweet dreams..
Super Nanny zips kids up in a tent bed? LOL I KNOW it will work. I just don’t have the energy to be the one to make it happen. So very grateful there is a willing woman out there who is!! Thanks Kathy!
No Sandy, she puts them back to bed with no talking, no eye contact, etc. It works!
Maybe she just doesn’t know about the zipping them in option huh? Hahahaha!
Ha! Love the ad!!! Thank God for His angels on this earth!!!
Thanks Kim! Needed to be blunt but keep it light and humorous to attract just the right person. It worked!! Praise God!! Let’s hope she is able to work her magic and get this boy to STAY in his bed!
Yea, so glad you found someone! Wondering, did you feel like you were in one of those homeowner makeover tv shows, when you came back to find the newly constructed bedtent?
Me too, Liz! Yes, felt a little like that. Definitely gave me some hope, though I knew it would be a short term fix. We will take what we can get though!