The Bedtime Battle

Lately, bedtime has been a battle of wills. So far, Jackson is winning.

Here's how it goes:

9:30 ish - Falls asleep with Daddy in the man room. Mommy usually tries to catch a fast nap.
11:30 ish - Move upstairs to bed. Mommy & Jackson head to the nursery to eat.
12:30 ish - Jackson is sound asleep. Mommy goes to bed, Jackson to his pack n play.
1:00 ish - Jackson wide awake. Daddy snoring. Mommy tries to soothe Jackson to sleep.
1:30 ish - Jackson wide awake again. Daddy snoring. Mommy tires to soothe Jackson to sleep.
2:00 ish - Jackson wide awake again. Daddy snoring. Mommy tries to sooth Jackson to sleep.
2:30 ish - Jackson wide awake again. Daddy snoring. Mommy feeds Jackson. By now Mommy is exhausted and in soothing Jackson to sleep, she usually falls asleep with him. Mommy and Jackson sleep in the chair from 3:00 - 5:30.
5:30 - Daddy wakes up and wonders why we're sleeping in the chair.

UGH!!

I can't figure it out. During the day, he (usually) has no trouble napping alone in his pack n play. Although, I will admit it's for fairly short periods of time - maybe an hour or so. In the middle of the night; however, no such luck. It's not that he's a fussy baby. Even when he's awake at 2:00 am he's not unhappy. He just doesn't like to sleep alone. If one of us are holding him, he'll sleep for 3 hours with no problem.

We've tried all sorts of things. No swaddle (since he seemed to hate being restrained), tight swaddle (which worked a couple of times), music, white noise, putting his bed at an incline when his nose was stuffy...nothing consistently works. We may have 1 or 2 good nights a week where he sleeps soundly on his own and only wakes up for feedings. Otherwise, it's the battle of wills.

I'll admit I haven't exactly let him "cry it out" yet. After all, he is only 6 weeks old. Everything I've read assures me that there is no such thing as spoiling or starting bad habits at this young age. Plus, he was 4 weeks early so his developmental timetable is a bit different than a full term baby.

I'm not feeling overly exhausted or anything. I do manage to get a few hours of sleep every night (although it is usually while co-sleeping with Jack in a chair). And I'm able to catch another hour or two in the early morning while he naps. But I'd like to get to the bottom of this for both of our sake. Jack needs to learn to sleep alone and I miss my bed (and my husband)!

So...what do you think? Am I missing something obvious? Or is this completely normal infant behavior that you just have to work through?