Rough Night

I'm not sure what was up with Jacob last night, but it was anything but pleasant. He started tossing & turning about 10:45pm, and by 11:00pm he was awake and crying. It was all downhill from there. Usually I can calm him and get him to go back to sleep, but he was totally inconsolable. He didnt' want to be held and kept running out into the living room and standing in the dark. He ran into our bedroom & stared at Jason for a minute. Jason tried to get him to go back to bed, but that didn't work either. This cycle of crying lasted an hour! I gave up first, so Jason kept trying because he didn't want to listen to Jacob cry. I knew he was just overtired & need to just cry it out, but it is hard to listen to. Finally it had been way to long so I got out of bed & went to get Jacob from Jason to put him into bed & just close the door. Poor Jason was so desperate to figure out what was wrong with Jacob (he was over tired!!) he just followed him around looking for clues. When I found them he was putting Jacob into him highchair in the dark! I tried to explain that Jacob wasn't hungry & what could he possibly want to eat at 11:30pm, and sure enough, as soon as Jason offered the crackers, Jacob came unglued, and it didn't stop from there.

Finally I just put him in bed & let him cry it out. It wasn't fun and I had to lie on the floor next to his bed, but he finally fell asleep. He did check to see if I was still there a few times, but finally fell asleep. After midnight, mind you, but finally. Ahhhhh - hopefully we won't have a repeat tonight!