Sleeping regimen

If mommy gracie has found a heart-melting way of putting her li'l Faith to sleep, my li'l Luke prefers a different style. Actually, his sleeping regimen (can i call it this way?) varies with each month. Now that he is eight, I think it gets a li'l more complicated than the previous ones. He rubs his eyes, scratches his whole face till its full of red linings (thus making his rashes worse each time). This is his way of telling us it's time to "rock the world." Yes, we do rock our own world here in our small apartment everytime we put him to sleep. Especially now that the autumn wind has come, our Luke loves to be always cuddled (coz he feels cold) and hele while his 24/7 lullaby is softly played on the pc. And when we thought he's already in dreamland, we try our best to put him down (so we could do some chores) only to disappoint us -- he'll instantly wake up and cry and scratches his face here and there ... and the process of getting him to sleep begins anew.

We also notice lately that he cries every so often. Can I blame his teething (I know that a tooth or two will soon come out)? Or he's just showing a more distinct personality? He gets irritated right away, and cries so hard when he doesn't get what he wants. I think he doesn't fully understand yet the meaning of the word NO. Hmm, there is so much to learn ... both for us his parents, and him. But we'll take it slowly ... one at a time. In the meantime, lots of patience is all we need.