sleepless in austin

i'm not sure why it happened, but yesterday miles decided he no longer needs very much sleep. my sweet boy who took 4-5 naps per day and wakes up every 3-4hrs to eat at night but is excused because he sleeps up to 12hrs at night, falling asleep right after his snacks are over...this sweet boy has hardly slept in 2 days. yesterday i came home from volunteering at church and was surprised to learn miles had been awake the entire time i was gone, but didn't think much of it...i figured he would take a really long afternoon nap. not so much. it's not that he wasn't tired- eye rubbing, yawning, laying his head down...but as soon as i put him in his crib he would flip over and have a party. i tried all afternoon to get him to nap to no avail. finally at 6pm he fell asleep until 9pm. i fed him and tried to put him back in bed as he had fallen asleep exhausted i'm sure...and he laid in his crib talking to himself (not fussing, not playing with toys - just talking) until 11pm when he finally went to sleep again until 7am (with one snack at 3.30am).

i figured he would catch up on his sleep today. again, not so much. he only slept 30min all morning for his babysitter and was still awake at 2pm!! at this point he took a whopping 30min nap. he did take a hour nap later this afternoon and has just now fallen asleep after his bath and stories around 8.30pm. he partied in his crib for about 20min and is now finally asleep for what i hope is a really really really long time. because that's what i want to do...sleep!!!!