Seriously...

...do they ever go to bed without crying? I wrote that whole post about how I was probably going to jinx us, and sure enough I did.

Nick is a great sleeper -- once he gets to sleep. But every single night, after he's gone down, he either starts crying as soon as he hits the crib mattress, or very shortly there after. And he'll cry anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. It's excruciating.

Todd and I try to busy ourselves while he cries, so that we aren't focused on how desperately we want to go calm him down...but it is seriously hurting my heart.

Of course once he's finally settled himself down and falls asleep, I feel instant relief, because I know once he's asleep, he's asleep until morning. And we've had a couple of really great nights, where he's gone down quietly, and not woken up crying...but for the most part, the evenings are spent listening to Nick howl himself to sleep.

The only explanation I can think of is that he is really such a GOOD baby, that maybe he has a lot of pent up energy that he needs to get out before bed. I mean, the boy never cries during the day. He'll fuss here and there, particularly when he's hungry for a meal or ready to take a nap...but never full out crying. He only cries that hard when he's hurt...or when his feelings are hurt (i.e. bedtime). Maybe once he becomes more mobile, and figures out this crawling deal, and then moves on to walking, he'll be able to get more energy out that way, and will go to bed easily?

For now I'm just wondering if he'll ever go down without crying...or are we doing something wrong?

Ahh, parenthood -- the consistent game of second-guessing and doubting yourself, that never ends!