Why is my numbering not in sequence?

Markdown treats all numbers as a numbering sequence when you add a full stop to it.

1.
2.
3.

However, if you have a bullet points or numbers within the first point above, you may notice that the numbering sequence will be restarted.

1.
1.
1.

To fix this, you can use a backslash between the number and period (.) to break the numbering sequence in Markdown. See below:

1\.
- 
- 
2\.
- 
- 
3\.