Who is this baby and where is my A.?

The night before last, A. slept 6 hours in a row for the first time, from 11 to 5. Then he drank half a bottle and slept another 2 and a half hours peacefully.

Last night, A. screamed off and on from 9:30 to 12:30. He screamed when he was hungry; he screamed when we tried to feed him; he screamed when we picked him and when we put him down. He fought sleep, then would wake up screaming just as we were putting him down, on and on that whole time. He wiggled so much with the swaddler that he was about to choke himself with it, so, finally, at 12:30 he won that battle and we took it off. He then cooed, gurgled, and thumped around in his co-sleeper until 3:30 am. ??? I dozed off and on during that time. Then, he downed a bottle at 3:30 and refused to sleep until I let him lay on my arm in the bed. That sounds all cute and cuddly but this kid is heavy. I woke up 30 minutes later with my arm asleep and pains shooting down my spine. I tried to put him back in the co-sleeper, but he writhed around and the only place he would sleep was in the middle of the bed curled up against me. Again, sounds sweet but then he kicked me and scratched me for the next 4 hours before I gave up and got up for the day.

Of course, as soon as I'm fully awake, he settles in for a nice long nap in the swing. He needs it, though, seeing as how he got maybe 3 hours of sleep last night.

Ack! For the first two weeks of his life, he was like this, a total nightmare at night. For the last two months, though, he's slept pretty consistently from 11 to 7. Yeah, he'd wake up often during that time, but he'd usually go right back to sleep. He has never played and been wide awake until 3:30 am! Plus, he's been happy in his swaddler and in the co-sleeper. I have no idea why he suddenly hated it. All I can think is that he was cold, but then why would he fight the swaddler? One possibility is that he slept more than usual yesterday, but not an extreme amount. Then, I was driving around town in the early evening, and he slept most of the car ride. When we got home, instead of playing together on the couch, he slept some more in the carrier while J. washed the bottles. So he didn't have nearly as much face time with us as usual. But, still, it didn't seem to be enough sleep to justify no sleep last night. I figured all that sleep was in recovery from the growing.

I hope and pray this is part of the growth spurt. When we first brought him home, I couldn't imagine putting him in another room, but now I'm really looking forward to him sleeping in his crib. Today we're going to take it easy, and I'm going to see if I can keep him awake in the evening when J. gets home.