I DON’T think I’ll ever get used to Harry’s ability to go from being fast asleep to wide awake within seconds. Honestly, it’s as if someone flicks a switch and he’s off, causing mischief while we’re still trying to come round.
The other morning, Harry woke up about six and a sleepy Melissa carried him into our bed. I was still dozing – well, pretending to be asleep might be more accurate – but Harry was having none of it.
He grabbed my chin, put his face millimetres from mine and said book, meaning that he wanted me to read with him. Of course, I did the decent thing and turned over, mumbling something about his mum wanting to read. Melissa, by now pretending to have gone back to sleep, was also turned away from Harry which didn’t please him one bit.
After a few minutes of trying to get a response, though, Harry gave up with Melissa and clambered on to my head. “Dad-da, book,” was all I could hear. Eventually I gave in and leaned over to turn the light on, whereupon Harry dived out of bed and started fiddling with the alarm clock.
Within seconds we were listening to heavy metal – Harry, it seems, has a knack of tuning in to the loudest radio stations. Melissa, incidentally, tried to sleep through all of this. Harry responded by grabbing her feet to pull her out of bed.
I’d like to say these events are unusual; they’re not. I once had an alarm clock that had a ‘gentle wake’ setting – the idea was a buzzer that started off quietly and got progressively louder so it didn’t startle you. Unfortunately, the days of a ‘gentle wake’ are long gone now.
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