Sleep Saga Continues

The Nightime Sleep.
We did a little bit of the 'crying it out' with Caleb some time after he turned six months because he was waking up every 2 or 3 hours to nurse and we knew he was capable of self-soothing and really wasn't hungry. It was hard at first but we could see the amazing results. Caleb was humming himself back to sleep within 20 minutes usually only about 10 minutes. Then the dreaded teeth started coming through and there was a whole lot of fussiness going on so we stopped. Since then he has been sleeping 12-13 hours, going down so much better than he used to, and waking up 2 times in the night. I usually nurse him back to sleep because it is the quickest way to get that darling boy asleep. But we have decided it is time once again to let our little guy cry it out a bit to see if he will go back to sleep. I haven't really been giving him the chance to in the night. So last night was our 'trial run'. He woke up at 12:40. Dave and I lay there in the dark in a half fog sleep induced state. We listened to his whimpers...5 minutes pass...silence...10 minutes...whimpers....15 minutes...silence...20 minutes...all members of the house once again sleeping. We were pleased as punch that he successfully put himself back to sleep during his first usual call to mom and dad. 2nd time around we heard the whimpers. We waited...silence...more whimpers...cries...cries escalating...whimpers...and then since it had been 9 hours my nursing side kicked in and I couldn't hold off any longer so I went in and nursed him. But-I'm feeling more powerful tonight. We know he can do it (it is us that are the weak ones!) He was going through the night with no nursing for about a week until those teeth made their appearance and all I wanted was to comfort my little guy! So we are going to be strong tonight...hopefully. The funny thing is that Caleb is so capable and usually puts himself back to sleep pretty quickly, it is me that is the weak one. I hate hearing him cry, it cuts me to the core. So I am telling myself to be strong! And hoping tonight Caleb will put himself back to sleep with no help from mom and dad and that I won't give in to my nursing weakness and hopefully we can help our little guy find his inner 'soothing' self!