enter sandman

No, the glass in the above picture is not Graydon's. Although, if I thought it would help, I would be making him manhattans every night because the boy Will. Not. Sleep. Seriously, JC and I are going craaaaaaazy. Most nights we rock him (usually while he's bawling) for 45 minutes up to TWO HOURS in an effort to get him to sleep. Lately, I have been pushing him in the stroller in the kitchen for 20 minutes just to get him calm enough to rock him! Seriously? Is this how all babies are? Because THIS IS NO FUN!!! Please, explain to me how a baby that does this all day:

Plays on his activity mat

Or this- bounces in the bouncy seat

Or this- staggers around in his jumperoo

Or this- holds himself upright in his bumbo seat

Or this- sits without assistance in his boppy

Or this-- flops around on his belly and tries to crawl

How can a child who does all of this, and more, all day long, not collapse exhausted every night? And the capper is that he never naps. I have to force him down for a nap, and I don't even know why I bother, because he's up 30 minutes later without fail. Aaaaaargh. We are at our wits end.
It's a good thing he's cute:

Because otherwise he'd be up for sale. Cheap.