My ds has always been an 'emotional' baby, never placid, but recently things seem to be getting worse and worse. It's probably just his age and it could be teething but it's driving me slightly mad with frustration. After months of going to sleep easily at night he's started really playing up at bedtime and naptime. We tried cc-ing and after a few nights it worked and he started going to sleep easily for about a week, but now he seems to have forgotten how to do that again and just screeches at bedtime. If we stay in with him when he goes to sleep he wakes up as soon as we leave and we're back at stage one, so we pretty much control cry every night which doesn't feel nice. He also wakes up crying (where he used to wake up babbling happily). We had friends round today with their babies (3 x same age) and while they all seemed to play nicely and keep themselves entertained my ds was OK for about an hour or so but then just 'lost it' and was crying and wanted to be picked up, but then wanted to be put back down and basically didn't know what he wanted. Every situation like this I find myself making excuses for him (he's teething, he's hungry etc) because I feel slightly embarrassed to admit this is just what he's like. I have lots of help; my dh hasn't gone back to work yet since Christmas but is that always a help? We agree we're going to stick to the routine, kind of ride this behaviour out, but then when putting ds to bed dh takes almost an hour and a half trying to cajole him to sleep. Isn't consistency important?? When he's not crying or angry ds is lovely; very bright and sociable and cuddly and chatty. It's just that he's emotionally all over the place. I guess this is normal for babies who have always been a bit more demanding than others but please tell me it'll get easier! BTW his routine is wake up around 6.30am, nap 12 - 2.30, bed 7 - 7.30