Even though Max is older and bigger, he is the baby of the family. He needs to sleep up in the bed with us. Sumi, the real baby, is more independent and even though her mommy wants her to sleep up with us, she jumps off the bed and sleeps on her doggy pillow. Max, on the other hand, we try to encourage him to sleep on the doggy pillow because he is 76 lbs and big, but no way will he budge to go sleep down by the bed.