Sleep, oh precious sleep!

The time was finally upon me to start teaching Riley that night time was for sleeping. Since she was born, she has always woken up a few times in the night to nurse. In the last month or so, she has been waking at the same exact times to just soothe herself for a few minutes then go right back to sleep. She has also been sleeping in our bed so neither Jaron nor I have been getting restful sleep.
I post this simply for myself, so that if we have another child (probably a 5% chance) I will have record of this trial, and for any other moms who read this. I always enjoy seeing how other moms do stuff.
I decided that after Derek and Amy left, I was going to let Riley cry it out. Now, I had done this with Avery at 6 months and it worked beautifully. She woke up and cried a few times during the night in the first 2 nights, but by the 3rd night she was sleeping great. Unfortunately, we moved when she was 9 months old and she ended up sleeping with us for a few nights and we had to train her all over again. By this time, she could sit and pull herself up so she would cry and cry then fall asleep sitting up. When she started to fall over in bed, she would wake herself up. It was horrible. She was not a good sleeper again until she was about 2 years old. All this to say, I was determined to train Riley before it was too late.
I started on Saturday night. I put her down around 8:30pm. She cried for about an hour and fell asleep. She woke 2 or 3 more times (the exact times she had been previously waking up at out of habit), crying for about an hour each time. She finally woke up around 7:30 am. Not bad.
Sunday night rolled around and she had a harder time going down, waking up and crying off and on until around 2am. She then slept solid until 5:30am. She started crying so I went in and put her on her tummy and she fell asleep until 7:30.
Monday night - night #3. As per all the books, by night three, the child usually gets it...and she did! She slept from 8pm, going down with minimal fussing, until 5:30am. At 5:30, I again turned her onto her tummy and she went back to sleep until 8am. A true miracle.
And so every night since, Jaron and I have enjoyed uninterrupted sleep and a bed with zero children in it. Oh how sweet it feels to sleep through the night!