Does your doodle put himself to bed or wait up with you?

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Our Murphy always waited for us to go to bed and even if only one of us went to bed, he's stay up and "protect" the awake one. Just recently he started going to bed with the earlier retiring parent and just last week he went to bed all by himself, leaving both of us up and watching TV. We had to go look for him!!!

Makes me wonder what changes to cause this? He has done it once before but he got up when he realized we weren't going to join him anytime soon, so I don't think it's the puppy. She seems to stay up with the last person, but it's too early to tell about her. Anyone else's doodles change their bedtime behavior as they got older?

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

How cute is that? I love that hrrrrmpp! My Murphy does it too, especially when he's bored.

[Linda and Murphy]

Murphy always waits for me. His bedtime is 10pm or earlier. At 10 he gets his stuffed duck and heads for the stairs. If I don't follow, he hrrrmpps and comes back . He lays down and sighs heavily about every 10 minutes until we head upstairs.