afm, over a month ago I started a new method of my own to train baby not to cry over
every little thing, while also trying to get him to nap not on, but near (for now) mommy. he fights me most of the day with this, but he's starting to learn - no longer crying every time i put him down for a diaper change, just some of the time, and it's the same for a few other things.
Anyway - here's the exciting part - this past week, he was so tired from struggling with me all day that he'd pass out during or after his last feed - heavier sleeping than i've ever seen from him - so i started putting him in the crib, and he's stayed in for the first part of the night until his middle-of-night feed!!!
yaaayyyy!!! woohoo! that means time for me every night to brush my teeth, check email/B&B, etc, all without holding a baby!!!
i feel pretty lucky to have a break each night now - i know some women have had to have hands-on-all-day-and-night babies until 9 months or more.
for the record, it's not that i'm against co-sleeping - it's just not something we'd planned on, but we ended up with an extremely touchy and colicky baby.
anyway, hope everyone is doing well!
bbygurl - glad you didn't have to wait 8 months this time around!