Bizarre Sleep Habits...

We have had the hardest time getting Carter to sleep the past couple of weeks. We have a great bedtime routine that has worked wonderfully for him, but lately he just won't stay in his bed. After we brush teeth, read books, and "camp", he usually crawls right into bed and zonks out on his own. But lately, shortly after we put him into bed we will hear his little foots steps running around, and then we'll find him with the lights on laying in the middle of his floor, or sitting in the rocking chair. It finally got the point where we decided to remove the rocking chair out of fear that he'd fall asleep in it and roll off in the middle of the night (reference picture below).

This is how we found Carter during naptime one day -- not super safe if he falls out!

Carter tends to be a fairly "active sleeper", meaning he rolls around a lot in his sleep. It seems like he is more comfortable on the floor, so we thought maybe he was just feeling too cramped on his little mattress -- so we decided it was time to move the full size guest bedroom mattress into his room to give him a little more room to move around at night (without having to sleep on the floor)!

While Kyle was traveling for work last week, Carter and I went shopping so he could pick out his new bedding. I tried to make a very big deal out of how exciting getting a "brand new big boy bed" was and making Carter feel extra special, in hopes that we would look forward to going to bed at night (and nap time). So far, it seems to be working! He still wants to sleep with his light on, but at least he is staying in his bed! It just looks so strange to see our little boy sleeping in such a big bed!

Carter's new sports-themed bedding that he picked out