Thanks for checking in FabFiona.

All I can say is, oh what a difference a sleep makes! On Sunday we drove around in the car until he fell asleep and then transferred him inside. He was like a different child that afternoon! Back to his usual happy, easy going self, which was wonderful. And yesterday I had success getting him to go to sleep in his own bed. I cleared all the stuff from his dresser and books etc out of his room the other day, so that all that was left was soft toys. He had his Buzz and Woody in bed with him and I basically said that he could have them sleep with him, but it was sleep time, not play time. If he was playing with them then I was going to come back in and take all the toys away so that he could have a sleep. Sure enough 5 minutes later I could here Buzz being banged around, so went in and reminded him that it was sleep time etc etc. And... believe it or not he went straight to sleep!

I really don't like using threats, but at this point I was desperate. I'm hoping that we can get back into the swing of things. He's at CC the next 3 days (which does make establishing a new routine tricky), so will have to see how we go on Friday... It seems if he misses a nap on one day he's fine, but then if it's two days in a row he turns into this crazy little hyperactive drunk person, who you can't reason with. So, my plan is to go back to trying to get him to have a nap every day, even if it means getting in the car and driving around the block for awhile.

Thanks for all your help lovelies!