Sleepless nights...

Last night was a toughie, I have been coming to terms with the fact that my son is a finicky sleeper. Unless I want to start the "cry it out method" which my husband is opposed to as Jason's crying disturbs his sleep. Until we reach our breaking point we'll trudge on. So last night Jason was up at his usual 1am for a bottle. On most nights he happily goes back to sleep till 6:30 am. This I can deal with. BUT, on this particular night he wakes again at 4am, time to bring out the mommy bag of tricks. We tried burping, we got a little burp and some gas then he fell asleep on my shoulder, OK he should go back to sleep now. I gingerly put him back into his crib and creep out the door. I can hear him fussing a bit through the door. Any minute now he should be back to sleep...nope. Crying again. I try some gripe water, this should work now. Again he falls asleep on my shoulder, back into the crib. I sit in the rocking chair waiting for the fussing to stop... It doesn't. Well lets try a bottle. He takes 2 ounces and falls asleep on my shoulder. Back into the crib. Can you see a pattern developing here? By this time it is 5:50am and I'm starting to cry. Sleep! that's all I want. So finally I give in, we go into the guest room and snuggle till we both fall asleep. I'm deep in sleep and so is Jason and in walks my husband at 6:30am. He's up getting ready for work. Trying to be a nice guy and check in on us as deep in his state of snoring he could hear the commotion of the night. Jason and I are both roused from our sleep and the little guy is awake and not wanting to return to bed... Thanks honey! I say through clenched teeth, you better run off to work before I strangle you!