[w8ting4Thomas]

OK..here is the shortest version I can come up with. I am posting to you guys because I get great feedback and reassurance - DH and I are disagreeing about what could be causing this.

We took all of the kids to Gatlinburg New Years eve for 4 nights. Due to a mess with the hotel, we ended up having to have 2 different rooms, so one adult had to stay in the room with the older 3 and I stayed with Thomas. He will not sleep in the pack and play if you are in the room with him, so even though co-sleeping has never been great for us, that is what we did. This turned out to be for 4 nights.
Now that we are home (has been 8 nights now) I CANNOT get him to go down easily for a nap or bed. When we were in Gat., I kept him up until 9:15 bc I was having to go to bed with him. Normal bedtime was 8-8:30 dedending on how the day was. It used to be I could lay him in the crib at nap or bedtime and he would play for a few mins (could hear him on the monitor) but he RARELY cried. Now, it is nonstop crying. Last night I went to the basement and decided I had to let him cry through it (in an attempt to get him back on schedule).

Is this just the result of a 4-day change to his scheudle? Could he all of a sudden not want the crib since he slept in a big bed with me? Is he now so attached (after only 4 nights) that he is wanting to sleep with me (previous attempts to get him to sleep with us when he was sick etc never worked...he seemed to hate co-sleeping and always ended up back in his bed or up all night)? Opinions and advice???? Once I do finally get him to go to sleep (he cried through it one night and at naptimes and I had to put him in bed with me the others to get him to fall asleep, he sleeps through the night as usual. It is just frustrating because he has never done this!!!!!!!!

He is going through the bedtime ritual with the other 3 and says night night over and over to them and kisses them goodnight. We can tell him it is night night for him and he will run upstairs to his crib and hang onto the rails until I put him in, then the crying starts. He won't sit down, but sobs and sobs. It rips my heart out...I told my husband to listen to it makes me feel like I am dying!!!

I know other people have MUCH bigger issues than this, so thank you for listening and trying to help.