chomecc, Yolk,
thanks for the support. The night didn't went as planned as i succumbed to the sleep monster.. arghhh..
after 2 hours of crying, he slept for 2 hours. by that time, he already went 5 hours w/o milk. i went ahead and feed him and place him back in the cot. He fell asleep without much protest. However, he woke up another hour later. I know i'm not supposed to nurse him to sleep again, but the sleep monster is way too powerful!!
He woke up AGAIN 2 hours later, i nurse him and place him back into the cot. Hear him stir a little after 30mins, but he managed to settle himself back to sleep.
At the next waking at 5am, he didn't settle back to sleep after nursing. I succumbed to putting him onto the bed with me. arghh... i know i shouldn't do that.
I think the best way to do it is that i DON't sleep at all and wait for him to wake up. In this case, i wouldn't meet the sleep monster! Tonight shall try again..
On the good side, he slept in his own cot for 8 hours (including the 2 hours of PU/PD). He managed to put himself back to sleep for once. He didn't protest when i put him back into the cot after nursing 3 times. Hopefully he'll cry lesser tonight.