So the non-napping is actually going quite well. I'm not wasting hours of our afternoon fighting with Alex to get him to go to sleep, I'm not stuck in the house moving about as quietly as possible for fear he'll wake up and he's going to bed around 7:30 or 8:00 at night giving John and me some time alone together.
Last night Alex fell asleep while we were watching Dancing with the Stars (YAY PENN!) at 7:30 and we had the whole rest of the evening to ourselves. We were free to do whatever we wanted. We could dance around naked, we could play strip poker, we could snuggle in front of the fire and talk about our feelings, we could do anything we wanted to do! We ended up watching three episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD. Oh, we're exciting. We live on the edge.
Another unexpected benefit has been that Alex and I are watching less TV. I let him watch Curious George in the morning, then we turn it off and play or go out and do stuff, then in the late afternoon I let him pick a movie to watch so I can have some downtime. John comes home around 6:30 or 7:00 and plays with Alex before he goes to sleep while I check my email and catch up my bloglines. This way, our family time isn't spent in front of the TV, in fact, right now, I'm listening to John and Alex playing upstairs (via the baby monitor). It's funny how giving up his afternoon nap has completely changed our family dynamic.
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