Hi Krisvee, My DD does the same. I heard somewhere that they should be getting 10-12hrs sleep a day so that's what Louis is getting. My DD quite often spends an hour before she drifts off. She's quite happy to sit in her room and just talk softly to herself and play with her teddies in bed. The only rules if any, that I impose are that she obviously stays in bed and doesn't talk out to us i.e. I want a cuddle, I want a drink, I want another story etc etc.....just tactics to either get out of bed or stay awake. She only ever sleeps on average for 1.5hrs during the day so her bedtime is pretty much kept to 7.30/8pm and she's alseep by 9pm, so you might just need to alter the bedtime routine by 30min...might make all the difference, or wake him up earlier in the day, but you mentioned you didn't really want to do that. (nor would I - all that time to get things done..hehehehehe).