Lack of Nap...

Well anyone who follows my Facebook status knows that Parker has (hopefully only temporarily) given up his nap for the day! Last Tuesday was the last time he took a nap for me, so as of today, it has been 8 days since he napped. I KNOW he's tired because numerous times once I get him out of his crib after giving up trying to get him to sleep (and trust me, I try for a long time and I try hard to get him to actually take a nap again), he will start falling asleep while sitting up "eating" a snack on the couch! I have been waking him up as soon as he falls asleep and telling him that it's fine if he wants to sleep, but that we sleep in our bed, not on the couch. I've tried re-taking him upstairs and putting him down again when he starts falling asleep on the couch but he just screams and cries just like the previous times when I have put him down and tried to get him to go to sleep. He also falls asleep if I drive somewhere with him in the car. I've had people tell me that their 18 month old tried to give up their nap at around this age but when they stuck with it and kept trying they ended up napping again after a while. I'm hoping this is the case for Parker but it sure seems like he has just decided that 18 months of taking a nap during the day is enough! (NOT true, but that seems to be what he thinks!) I'm sticking with it and continue to try to get him to nap despite it being exhausting when he so adamently refuses! I have some pics I took of him on a couple of different days right after he fell asleep on the couch but I haven't uploaded them to the computer yet. When I do I'll post them in a new post for "everyone" (all 2 of you) to see! Frustrating that that's the only place he'll sleep, but still so cute to see him fall asleep like that! God definitely made kids cute for a reason! :)