trace - Caroline is exactly the same and I am just beside myself!! thurs/fri last week i couldn't put her down without her cracking it. so i thought perhaps it's the 6 week growth spurt making her extra fussy. over the weekend she was perfect, put her in her bassinet and she fell asleep and had decent amounts of sleep each time, until Sunday night when she would not sleep in that bassinet for love nor money!! i tried for such a long time to just keep going in and patting her on the back to settle her but she'd only settle for about 10 minutes if that and then would be crying again. I ended up going to bed and DH was with her but he caved and ended up putting her on his chest where she slept for 45 minutes (apparently only lightly). I ended up getting up at 1.30am or thereabouts and fed her and put her to bed at 2.30am and she FINALLY gave in and went to sleep!! i waited til 3am to go to bed just to be sure she wasn't going to rip me out of any sleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. She woke at 5am though for a feed and went back to bed. Today she's been better about going to bed but again tonight she's not wanting a bar of it. DH just went in to move her position and pat her back and noticed that she has peed all through her nappy and her wrap etc but while he went to prep the change table to change her she promptly fell asleep!! so we're back to square one because she woke of course when he changed her. I am hoping this passes VERY soon because it's exhausting. I'm not one for controlled crying while they are so little and get overwhelmed with all the conflicting advice from people. 1) you can't pick up a baby too much, 2) if you respond quickly they'll be less demanding overall; 3) you can't spoil a baby; 4) you can't let them sleep in your arms or on the boob because you're creating 'bad habits' ... the list goes on.

would also love some advice!! I don't remember my son being like this but it has been ten years after all!!