DS started TRYING to go without and he owuld usually pass out around 3 or4 and sometimes sleep for three or so hours and then be up till oh um.. 11PM!!!!!!!

That started when he was about two and a bit... we also have a problem with bed time as Daddy gets home late and for awhile we tried to all have dinner together which wouldnt happen til like 8 or so, so the 11pm thing was actually kind of ok with our routine, and DS would sleep in til at least 9am..

But we have since moved and Dh is gettin ghom eeven later and i have gotten jack of it and gotten us into a nice routine of no nap.. dinner at 6:30, bath and bed by 8:30. He wakes up between 7 and 8 now though, which is ok coz i was always up with DD anyway.

This little routine worked great for a week when DH wasnt getting home until 9-9:30 ish, (except that he didnt get to see the kids :-( )

This week he has gotten home that little bit earlier and thrown everything into chaos.. it just gets DS sooooooo excited that there is no way he is going to sleep at 8:30 when Daddy has just walked through the door!!! And then because he hasnt had his nap he is feral the next day coz he hasnt had enough sleep!! yesterday was shocking and he ended up curling up on his bean bag at about 5 and passing out, and i had had such a day with him thta i was like "thank god!!!" he only slept for an hour and then was up til 10...

So in a perfect world DS would be ok without a nap (he is nearly three) but that littl ebit of excitement or break in our little routine stirs things up and can take days to recover from lol!!!