Charlie VS. Sleep

There is a battle going on in our home and I have to say, the good guy is losing!!  The battle is between Charlie and SLEEP! As a mom, it is interesting to note the differences between child #1 and child #2.  Child #1 (who, in this case, is Jackson) was such a melancholy, content child!  He would lay on the floor or in his bouncy chair for hours watching me cook, do laundry, or clean.  He would coo and giggle and entertain himself.  And if you put him in the swing, look out, he was asleep in 2 minutes and would sleep for hours, then wake up, eat, play, and sleep all night!  So naturally, with such a good #1 there was never any question about whether or not there would be a #2. And so, we come to Charlie (#2).  Now, this is not to say that Charlie is not a good baby, because he is, as long as he has proper attention.  Most of the time that attention has to come from mom, and a good part of the time it can come from Jackson (which is why it is helpful to have a #1.  Although "helpful" isn't a word I would use ALL the time with big brother, but he tries and that is what is important!)  Matt is quite offended that he really can't soothe him at all, and HELLO, keep him AWAY from Grampa (that's Bob!)!  Anyway, you put Charlie on the floor and watch out, he'll be screaming at cha, you put him in his bouncy chair, you can bet he'll throw a fit, and as soon as he is in that swing he is squirming his way down so that his feet hang over the edge and his whole life flashes before your eyes as you picture him flying out and landing on his head...but what is worse than all of that, the thing that prompted this post, is that he does not sleep at night. We have tried EVERYTHING to get this kid to sleep.  I fill his belly right before going to bed, we keep him up till nine so that I can at least get a good three hours in before he wakes up screaming! And we have let him scream it out (which is a horrible horrible thing for a mother and father to do to a five month old. Yeah, lets just say that one didn't happen too often after the guilt that came while listening to him through the monitor just cry and cry....oh my heart was broken) So, I guess I have just come to accept the fact that he will be up every three hours for the rest of his life!  He doesn't have to eat at those times, mind you, he just wakes up, screams (unless you are quick with a binky) and goes back to sleep.  But then of course, I am awake for two hours until my eyelids start to feel heavy and are on their way to closing for good, and thats when it starts all over!  I can't tell you what Jackson thinks of having a zombie for a mom..... but as for me, I can honestly say that there just may be reservations about having #3!!