Sleep Training

My bouncing baby boy will be 7 months old next week. Crazy. And despite my best efforts to make my second baby a better sleeper than my first, he still wakes up every night. After triple checking with my pediatrician and nurse practitioner, as well as talking with friends who have gone through this, I finally began sleep training my little guy last weekend. And the first night was pretty good. My little one cried for about 4 minutes once during the nght. And the second night was even better. I heard Kellen cough a few times during the night but he slept til 5:30 without crying, a success in our world since I have to feed him at 5 am 4 days a week. The last three nights though have been pretty horrible. Kellen has cried off and on from 1:30 on. Sometimes for long stretches. Bryan or I go in if he seems really upset and try to comfort him, but most of the time that doesn't do anything at all. He wants to eat. But I am not giving in, at least not yet! I have already upped his solid amount at dinner to 4 oz and some puffs and am going to try feeding him milk at dinner and also as the last thing he does right before bed too. We'll see if that helps at all. I know it can take a few days or even more than a week to get through this but I am exhausted! And hearing my little guy cry breaks my heart, even when I know he is ok, and he smiles at me all day so clearly I am not damaging our relationship. But the Saxton's must sleep again. It has been 3.5 years for goodness sake between pregnancies and babies! So Kel, please cooperate and sleep all night tonight, or at least let's move in a positive direction with our ZZZzzz's!