Sleep training

I had always told myself I wouldn't have my child sleep in the bed with me because it's hard to get them out. Well, things never turn out the way you plan them to... Needless to say, Eden slept in the bed with us from the first night. In my defense, I had tried laying her down, but she started crying and I soon realized it was easier to just let her sleep with me... The other breast feeding mommas might agree to that. She's now a few months old (and I'm a month shy of starting school) and I am seeing the benefits of her at least starting out in her own bed. Those few hours would give my husband and I much needed alone time, I could study some if I need to, or I could get some simple housework done, maybe read... Anyway, the benefits of her being in her crib are endless... So while my husband has been gone, I figured I would attempt to get her to sleep in her bed.
The first night was a complete accident. I put her in her bassinet because she was fussy and I'd tried everything to console her. Times like that I would let her cry for like 10 minutes tips, go get her, and she would go straight to sleep. This night was different... After maybe 5 minutes, she had fallen asleep ON HER OWN!!! Up until this point I had been trying to lay her down and if she didn't stay asleep, I would pick her up and start over again. Imagine my surprise when my smart, beautiful, perfect baby fell asleep by herself!
So the next night I figured I would try that again. I got her full, she fell asleep in my arms, I put her in her bassinet, she woke up and fussed for a few minutes, and then again she fell asleep! So I now realized it wasn't a lucky now; I learned the secret to getting my baby asleep.
That didn't totally solve my problem, however, because the bassinet was still in my room, so I had to be quiet. The next step was to get her in her bed. Up until this point, we'd only been using her bed as a changing table basically. So after a few nights of her falling asleep good on her own, I decided to move her monitor into her room (we use the motion detector kind). That night I continued with the same routine, but in HER crib. And here we are 3 weeks later and my baby is sleeping in her room.
I was fully prepared for a long, hard process with many late, sleepless nights. I suppose God knew how bad this needed to happen and that I needed it to be easy. He does know best after all, which brings us to the Bible verse for today:
1 Peter 5:7 NLT
7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
Stay motivated!!!