Last night, we let Max "cry it out" for the first time (this wasn't a planned event, it was just 2 in the morning, and I didn't have the energy to rock him any longer). For the first little bit, I had no problem with letting him cry. Like I said, I was beat, and I knew there was nothing more I could do for him. However, once he'd been crying for 20 minutes, it took all of my willpower not to go pick him up. It was amazingly hard not to. And I would have, if Jeff wasn't there. After an hour Max eventually cried himself to sleep. He ended up sleeping from 3 until 8 even, which is late for him. It felt good, funny enough, knowing that he would eventually stop crying. Even if it took an hour, he stopped.
We really plan on training Max to be a better sleeper now. I know I have created bad habits for him, and it's definitely time to break them. We plan to continue letting him cry it out, using the Ferber method. We wanted to start tonight, but Jeff's at kickball, and I'm just not sure if I'm strong enough to withstand the crying when I'm alone. We'll aim for tomorrow and see what happens!