quick sleep update

I haven't blogged in awhile about my sleep issues with Noah. So, here is a quick update. We are on night 4 tonight of "cry it out with reassurance by daddy." Mommy stays out of the whole bedtime routine and daddy gets the pleasure of one on one time with Noah reading stories, prayers, etc. and then he goes in his crib. He is thrilled let me tell you (that was sarcastic...hard to get that over the internet), but it is getting better and I feel remarkably good about letting my child cry and scream alone in his crib. I am usually quite content on the far side of the other camp - cosleeping, breastfeeding, babywearing - really most things attachment parenting. But when your kid is almost 17 months old and you haven't had a full night of sleep (he still wakes up 3-5 or more times/night) in that long (or more since you don't sleep that well at the end of pregnancy)...well then you take a one way ticket to the "cry it out" camp and you don't look back. At least that's what I'm trying to do here. I still have moments (like the first night when Jason came out and said he was asleep finally - after an hour - standing up, head laying on the side of the crib rail) - where I want to abort and snuggle and nurse and be that mom that I "am." But NO...we must go through this for I will be a better mom when I can finally say, "Wow, that was a good night's sleep." Ahhh, the mouth-watering craving I have for sleep.