Sleep

A lot of things that happen with Cannon I can expect and be prepared for because it happened with Hudson. But lately, Cannon is going through some sleep issues that we never experienced with Hudson. Hudson stopped napping before Cannon was born. It was ALWAYS a fight to get him to nap and soon became easier for him to just not nap. Hudson was 18 months old when he stopped napping. Cannon is almost three and a half and still naps daily. He literally has trouble staying awake. There have been a few days when he fights it and stays awake without a nap but if we have to go anywhere in the afternoon, he will fall asleep in the car. A couple times in the last month, he has fallen asleep after 5pm on our way to dinner. Not fun. A 5pm nap means child wide awake at 11pm: (

But he is still holding on to that nap... even falling asleep sitting up in the movie chair while watching the very loud movie Avengers (I held him after to keep him from tipping - and to snuggle).

And the other night, JR and I were downstairs watching tv when it was finally silent upstairs. We thought he'd finally fallen asleep. Only to walk upstairs an hour later to find him reading books in our bed!

And last night, he was fighting us again... And when we went upstairs, this is what we found.

What is going on? Sleeping in the hallway. None of this ever happened with Hudson. I figure it is just a stage he is going through. Probably going to drop the nap soon... but it looks like it will be late nights for us until then.