By the time Jacob was the age that Ian is now, Jacob was sleeping through the night. We used the Cry-it-Out method with him. It only took a few days of him crying and then he slept through from that point on. Why did we do that? How in the world could I have laid there in the dark listening to him cry? There were a few times that he got himself so worked up that he actually vomited. I know at the time that I had read that unless a child learns how to comfort themselves, they will never learn how to put themselves back to sleep. How delusional was I? I think I must have been a different person back then, 6 years ago, to allow a baby to scream, cry, and hiccup himself to sleep. Even though I didn't think it was different then, perhaps it was because Jacob wasn't really mine. Only in hindsight, can I see that having your own flesh & blood child is different. I love Jacob as if he is mine, and I can't put my finger on it, but there is something different. So, no, Ian will not Cry-it-Out. Even though he still wakes about 4 times a night, I still trudge into his softly lit bedroom, pick up my crying baby, and nurse him gently back to sleep while catching a few zzz's myself, propped up in the recliner. And I'll continue to do it as long as it takes, so that my boy feels comforted. And as for that Cry-it-Out technique, let me just say that Jacob slept fine on his own for the first few years. But guess where's he's been sleeping for the past 4 years? Nestled right between my husband and I, comforted and warm.