Sleeping

Ben is 6 weeks old as of yesterday. They say babies get fussier and fussier up until they hit 6 weeks old and then it starts to mellow out. Ben has his good days and his bad days, but for the most part I would say he has been a pretty mellow baby. He gets crazy mad when he is hungry. He starts screaming hysterically out of nowhere - to the point where his voice stops. This boy likes his food. Last night I let him cry in his bed when he woke up at 4 AM. I want to try and get him into the habit of sleeping longer periods of time at night without having to eat. When he got up at 4 I tried to feed him, but he wasn't interested. He was just awake and not wanting to be in bed...so I let him cry it out. Neither of us slept much for the next hour and a half. Hopefully he will start to understand about sleeping at night. It only took a couple of times of me letting Caelan cry before she started sleeping better at night, so maybe that is the trick. It sure is hard sometimes. Ben is also doing more cooing and smiling all of the time. I love it!