crank it up

lately its been proving more n more difficult to get ethan to sleep at nite. he used to be able to drift off to sleep on his own once we laid him down in his cot n stuck the pacifier into his mouth. the last few nites tho he keep whining n crying in his cot even tho the pacifier's already in his mouth. so we pick him up, cuddle him a little n rock him till he's in a slumber n put him back in his cot. then he sleeps for a while but suddenly will wake up again n whine! this continues for like 2-3 cycles b4 he really dozes off into deep sleep.

is he overstimulated or simply taking advantage of us n wants to be rocked to sleep? anyway watever it is, i sure hope this is just a passing phase...