we recently decided to attempt the "get yourself to sleep" technique, after spending the last 6 months on the living room futon with our 6 month old. and during the day, it works great! she'll maybe cry for a few seconds before she settles herself down for a nap. But night time is a different story.

She'll get herself to sleep for what i call the "first round" of night sleeping, usually lasting anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours, and after that its mommy&daddy's bed, or bust. Once she initially wakes from that "first round" she wants absolutely nothing to do with her crib. I'll wait a few minutes to see if she settles down, and if she doesn't I will nurse her (especially if it has been that rare 3 hour chunk) and then attempt to put her back in her crib with her paci. The MINUTE she hits the crib, she just knows, and wails and wails and wails. But if i do the "no-no" thing of putting her in our bed, she's asleep in a matter of seconds; not a peep.

Right now she is ill with a chest cold and pink eye, poor bugger, so i've been caving a bit more than i'd like to with the co-sleeping ordeal. My plan as of now is to wait till she's feeling better, and then be more strict with the crib sleeping. We only have a full-size mattress, so add me and Ben, our dog petey AND our daughter Lyla...and there is very little wiggle room; especially when you're worried about wiggling yourself or your blankets onto your little one. I'm almost dreading the end of this cold, because I know it means several sleepless nights for us in the upcoming week as we block our ears and attempt to get little Lyla sleeping full-time in her crib.

ugh.

wish us luck! haha