10 Months and Still Struggling to Sleep

It seems as though every time we figure out a bedtime routine for Pierce, that routine lasts about a month before he decides it doesn't work for him anymore. I don't know what else to do about his sleeping but every nap and every bedtime is a struggle.

How could my son hate sleep so much? 

I've never let him cry it out. Not once. I don't believe in it. I don't feel right about it. I just don't think that's what's best for us. We were doing well for a while. We had a nice routine where I'd sit in his glider and feed him a bottle, then I'd lay him in his crib on his tummy and just pat his back until he fell asleep. That still works sometimes, but more often than not he tosses and turns and seems like he just can't get comfortable. I don't know how that could be possible. We've ended up putting our nice sheets on his crib mattress so he has a really soft sheet. We put a padded quilt under his sheet for more cushion. We really have tried just about everything. 

He fought today's nap really hard. He just kept crying and crying, not wanting to sleep at all even though his eyes were closed. Eventually I had to walk away. I went into another room for only 3 minutes and you would have thought that the world was coming to and end in his room. So I went back in, picked him up, and rocked with him in his glider and he still fought me. Eventually he gave in and fell asleep, but I just don't understand why it's so hard to get him to go to sleep. I've wanted so badly for sleep to be a positive experience for him, but it hasn't happened that way. 

Let's chalk this whole sleeping thing up to a mommy fail. 

Looking at him while asleep, you'd never guess the struggle it was to get him there. He just looks so calm and peaceful. 

first time sleeping in a tent. that's a whoole other story ;)