When your baby is crying, try to listen to the cries. The cry of a baby who is fighting sleep has gaps and the tone and pitch will vary. A protesting cry may sound, for example, like this: waaa, pause for a second, wa, pause, waaaaa, pause, wa, pause, waaaaa, pause, waaaaaa, pause, wa, and so on. You should hear the pauses getting longer as your baby starts to fall asleep. If you are able to watch your baby without him seeing, you will see him shut his eyes and nod off before jumping and yelling again, as though he has realised he is falling asleep.
A whinge cry.
