Sleeping (or NOT)

It's hard to believe, but apparently being able to fall asleep is a skill that humans usually do not possess when they are born. Hence rocking, nursing, lullaby singing and all the other tricks that help get a baby to sleep. The problem is that babies wake up a lot through the night and they don't know how to fall back asleep...
Shurik's doctor said that he does not need any mid-night feedings now and if we wait any longer to break him from night time feedings and other interactions it will only get harder. Not to mention all the stories I hear from people at work supporting the theory that delaying this process is not a good idea.
So on Thursday we decided that it was time to teach Shurik to fall asleep on his own. Which of course immediately resulted in us sleeping even less then when we got up at night to sooth him back to sleep. The first night we endured about 4 hours of on and off crying, last night he only fussed for about 2 hours, hopefully today will have even a better result.