about crying... i won't let him cry alone unless i have tried and tried for hours to settle him and get him to stay asleep in the bassinet. the longest i will let him go alone is 10 minutes, though usually 5. he will only work himself into a right state if i leave him. i need him to know he has a safe place to cry.

he is a good baby almost all the time and is only truly trouble at 5pm. at that point there's nothing i can do for the crying but at least i can be his shoulder to cry on. i see it as him knowing he is safe enough to vent all that emotion/frustration (assuming i've fed,changed, burped etc).

can i insert a brag here... he did 10 hours + 4 hours last night. he's been building up by one hour on the long stretch each night.

(right now he's whinging on grandma though, so maybe i'm not so cool)