Not Right about my Sleeping Theory

Okay..so I am not sure about my sleeping theory I posted a couple of days ago. The night before last, we put Brody down at 10:00 and he was up at 1:30 am. I fed him and he would not go back down in the crib and was fussy until I fed him again at 4:15 am and brought him into our room to sleep. He then slept until 7:15 am.

Well...last night, we gave him a bath and Ted started feeding him at 9:15. He is now eating about 4-5 oz at each feeding. Ted said he went right down because he was so tired around 9:45-10:00 pm. He woke up at 2:45 am. That is the longest he has ever slept at night! I did get up around 2:00 wondering what was going on because I hadn't heard him. I couldn't believe it! I got up and fed him and he seemed to be tired and ready to go back down. Well...not so much! I put him in the crib and came back to bed around 4:00. He started making some noises in the monitor but I thought he would settle down and go to sleep. He started crying and I thought he would cry himself to sleep. I must have dozed off for a little bit and when I woke up he was still crying. I am assuming he was crying the entire time, but I had turned the monitor down just a little. He continued to cry and I finally went and got him at 5:00 am. I again, brought him in to our room and he was fussy for about 10 minutes and then feel asleep and slept until 8:45 am! I am not sure what his deal is the past few nights, but he is not wanting to go down after he wakes up the first time. Hopefully, this is just the case for these couple of days and it will get better from here.

Ted and I were talking last night and he has given me the lecture about not picking him up when he is crying....he said I should let him cry for a little bit to see if he calms down. I am having a hard time doing that, but I am going to try and be a little better about it and see if that makes a difference. I don't want him to be the kind of child that cries just to be picked up, but then again, he is only 5 weeks old! He is pretty content in the swing right now.

The other night, I had him on his tummy on the play gym and he was holding his head up really well. Here is a picutre
Here is a picture that I took yesterday before we headed to my work and to have lunch with my girlfriend. I thought it was so cute! I put him on the couch like that so I could get his car seat ready and get my bag ready. He stayed like that so I had to take a picture!