Our Night Owl

Left to his own, Vic would take a three hour or so nap after lunch each day, and then stay up really, really late.  His internal clock is set to night owl.  That doesn't work for the rest of us, so I shorten his nap in the afternoon, and then put him in the bed long before he is ready in the evenings.  Even if he skips his nap, he finds renewed energy at bedtime.  He is cute and thinks diligently each evening about reasons why he shouldn't go to bed just yet.  Eventually he does fall asleep, but there is always evidence that he has tossed and turned and rearranged his soft toys a good long while before he finally closes his eyes.

This is how I found him last night, completely sideways with his feet off the side of his bed.  Of course, the left thumb (the only one he says tastes good) in his mouth.  Yeah, we do let him pick out his own pajamas.