the other people are trying to sleep

Since nursery stopped trying to get him to sleep during the day wecan usually get at least an hour out of him if going somewhere immediately after work on a Friday; more would be risky in case it boosts him too much, preventing later propersleeping. Despite an exciting diversion somewhere around Perth we still got to the first hotel slightly before technically bedtime, leaving a little time for bouncing and drinking one of the wee chilps of milk before the protracted attempts to induce more sleep through gentle reading. I was on the side of the bed nearest the sofa-bed so was on ankle-being-tugged-at duty until the eyes stayed closed.