Axten - First one up, last one down

Let me just start by taking back all the bragging I did back when all my babies slept through the night early on.  Most of you know I read On Becoming Baby Wise when Tysie was about 4 months old.  It changed our lives.  Now I have to add a disclaimer, I've never been a rule follower and I remember thinking, "oh hell no" for a few of the recommendations, but I will say what I took and used with all 4 of my early sleepers was the scheduling.  And it worked FOR US.  I get that not every baby or family is the same and I hope you know I read the book once at a point of exhaustion and confusion.  I can't guarantee it will work for you, but it did for us. 

Now - fast forward to today.  Tysie and Kenzlie sleep fine.  Tysie talks in her sleep and occasionally sleep walks through the house.  I have to carefully guide her to the restroom and back to bed, but that's few and far between.  Kenzlie can sleep through an 7.0 earthquake on the Richter Scale!  She can also put herself to sleep accidently while waiting for me and Josh to make our nightly rounds after the bedtime routine.  Breaks my heart when she falls asleep before I get to her.  Brynlie is pretty easy, she's a musical beds type of girl meaning she rotates from room to room sleeping with different sibblings.  Mostly she sleeps in Axten's Jeep bed with him.  We're currently waiting for the bunk beds to arrive since they prefer to all sleep in the same room!  Operation bunk room details for a future post. 
Now that leaves child #3... Axten James.  Our only son.  Perhaps it's a boy thing, but this child is near impossible to put to bed.  As a baby and up until 2 1/2 - 3 Axten loved the nighttime routine: dinner, quiet play, bath, books, bed.  We'd turn off the lights and rock for a few then I'd lay him in his crib, kiss his head, tuck him in and leave his room.  No problem. Then we moved Brynlie to the crib when Axten was ready for his big boy bed (the Jeep).  Ever since that night he's been impossible to put to bed!  Like 4 books, sound machine, essential oils, back rubbing for hours, etc.  The only thing that works is laying with him until her falls asleep the creeping out of the room like your life depends on it. Army crawl and all!  Lastly, no matter how late we get him to sleep his cute little ass is up and at it at 5am.  EVERY DAY!!! He also still naps at preschool and most weekends at home, but it's down to like an hour these days.  I can not understand how this kid has so much energy.  Pops up like wide awake right away! Oh man.  Is it a boy thing?

What's your bedtime routine consist of?  We're pretty strict and it works for everyone EXCEPT Axten!!  Help!!!  How do you get youe little boys to sleep?