Let's face it--the kid's got probs

Max is either a sheer genius or a complete idiot. You decide--rock the vote, baby.

As most of you know, Max has always been very alert, much more alert than the average baby. He's always looked like he is just taking in everything he sees and either planning the utter destruction of the world or the betterment of society.

Anyway, this alertness is starting to drive his parents (especially Mom) crazy. Now don't get me wrong--I like the fact that he appears to see things and is trying to understand what he sees. This might be the "sheer genius" aspect of Max.

However, because Max is CONSTANTLY looking around and thinking--and he really does look like he's thinking because he does that thing with his eyebrows like I do--he NEVER, EVER SLEEPS. Never. And since he doesn't sleep during the day because he is too freaking busy trying to figure out what that spot on the wall is, or what God is saying to him (Max likes to stare and smile at the cross on the living room wall), Max gets cranky due to his becoming overtired.

So, by the time I arrive home at 3:30, Max is ready for a nap, but he is so overtired that he can't sleep. Herein lies the possibility that Max might very well just be a complete idiot because he is too busy staring at a spot on a wall to sleep.

It just seems like the time I am home with him, I am either feeding him or trying desperately to get him to sleep because he is fussing to sleep. It's frustrating because he wasn't like this when I was home with him. I know that Brandon is working from home and can't exactly spend forever trying to get him to take that early afternoon nap that Max sooooooooooooo desperately needs in order to not become overtired. I just don't like the time I spend with Max to be as negative since all Max is doing from 3:30 till after 6:30 is fussing because he is so tired and needs to sleep.

So vote. Is he a genius and will his alertness pay off in the end, or is he a complete and total idiot who just needs to quit staring at and talking to the wall and just take a freaking nap?