Crying it out (Warning: long post.)

So I finally got up the nerve to let Zander just cry it out in his crib, in hopes that he would finally start sleeping better! He has been the worlds worst sleeper lately! We would put him to bed at 9 and by 10 he was awake again, and no matter how many times we got him back to sleep he would always wake right up the minute I tried to put him back in his crib. So I would always end up putting him in bed with me and nursing him to sleep. (I know bad idea, but I was too exhausted to keep fighting him.) Than he would wake up at least every 2 hrs, and usually more. Last Saturday night there was a 2 hr. period when he was waking up every 20 min. and the rest of the night he was up every hour. By Sunday morning I was ready to jump off a cliff, I had had it! So when I put him down for his nap and he woke right up, I just left him in there. He cried for an hour and finally fell asleep. I decided to just keep with it and see what happaned. So Sunday night I gave him a bottle instead of nursing him and he actually slept til midnight. Weird huh? Than Mark got him back to sleep ( I told him if he didn't start getting up and helping me he was going to have to call the little white wagon to come haul me away) Of course when Mark put Zander in his crib, he woke up so Mark just told him night, night and walked out. Zander cried for one hour and than fell asleep (1:30) and slept until 7. YEAH! Monday night he woke up at 11:00 and we did the same thing. He cried for 18 min, fell asleep and slept until 8!! This was the first time in months that I have had 8 straight hours of sleep, I can't tell you how alive I felt!! Than Tuesday night he slept from 9-6:30! Victory!! Since than he has done so good, and he hasn't been in my bed for an entire week!