We have the same routine. Read books, sing songs, brush teeth and go to bed. We figured that he was getting wound up while singing songs so we tried to change the routine but he rejected the change. He is also in his terrible twos and doesn't sit down very long to read any book.
He is an active kid. We try to do lots of activities with him that get him active but too often it just makes him more wired. When he is less active he is less tired at the end of the day. Its a never ending battle.
We actually shouldn't complain. He has a cousin who is only 4 months older and is an even worse sleeper than our lil'feller. Unfortunately right now we're getting hit from two directions, as we have a 6 week old son as well, and he'll wake up once or twice a night to nurse, but my wife has to be extra careful with what she eats otherwise our infant will have a fussy night.
One thing to note, we went to Vegas in April for my wife's 30th and our son stayed at my wife's parents place. They had no problems with getting him so sleep and he slept through the night for them (4 nights total). Then we went to Vegas again in November for a conference (for my work and I got to bring my wife along) and the same thing happened, except for 7 nights this time.
There has also been a night or two where my parents would babysit for us or have him over and he'd go to bed for them without any problem and wouldn't wake up in the night either.
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