Cry It Out

For the last 2 weeks we have been doing cry it out at night. Let me just say I am not a big fan of cry it out. We tried it when Noah was younger and it was a huge disaster! 30 minutes of not stop screaming that ended in a snotty red swollen faced baby. But as it always is with parenting all things change!
About 2 weeks ago Noah decided to start weaning from BF. I was not a fan (but that's a whole other post) so at bedtime my ace in the whole was gone. This left me with a tired baby who refused to go to bed. Every time I put him in bed he would scream and its exhausting to spend over an hour getting him to bed. So I decided to try crying it out again and miracle of miracles it worked! Every night since within 5 to 10 minutes he is sleeping soundly in his bed. Now it still breaks my heart to put him in his bed and walk away as he screams its so worth it for him to go to bed and get more sleep and me to get an hour back in my day!
Here is hoping this continues to work for bedtime. Nap time is whole other can of worms..........