Jekyl and Hyde

Sometimes it seems to me like Preston has multiple personalities. During the day he's always sweet, happy and smiling and never wants to be held because he's too busy doing other things. He loves feeding himself and isn't very interested in nursing.

On the other hand there is night time and nap time... but mostly night time. A lot of the time during his nap time he acts very similar to his day self, the very happy, friendly Dr. Jekyl so to speak. But on the other hand he can become a very scary and sad Mr. Hyde.

For example, I laid him down for a nap around 1:30 this afternoon, a little later than usual, so he had kind of a hard time falling asleep but was still out within 10 minutes or so. About 40 min. later he woke up screaming like crazy and was completely out of control. Nothing I did would calm him down. We tried singing, rocking, laying on my bed looking at the fan, and of course he was pulling my hair the entire time. I thought maybe he was just done sleeping so I brought him downstairs thinking he would snap out of it and become that happy little man once again but he just started screaming harder with that poor pitiful look on his face.

I didn't know what else to do, so even though it wasn't time for him to eat I gave in, took him upstairs and nursed him. After about 20 minutes of nursing and pulling my hair at the same time (trust me it's not comfortable for me) he had transformed once again. This same thing happens a lot at night as well, usually between 4:30 and 5:00, I don't know what it is. It makes me scared of when it's time for me to wean. What if I stop, he has one of his fits, and never transforms back to Dr. Jekyl, what will I do then? Nurse him for the rest of his life?

I wish I could blame it on something like getting teeth, but I've blamed this on his molars for the last two months and now I'm starting to wonder... I swear there's at least one coming up.