Sleep Training

After spending a night on research from many websites...I decided to follow this method (since all webs suggesting this): to leave your baby cry out til he finally able to fall asleep by himself!
the webs say that crying out is normal (to my surprise there are so many babies cry before sleep!). By crying out, baby finds his way to soothe himself to sleep. but often the mothers interruption is just delaying the process to fall asleep.
this method is not an easy thing to do..coz not only the baby can cry, but the mother too!
well..here it goes..
after the bedtime routine, kiss good nite to the baby you leave him lying on the bed ALONE.
after 5 mins come back to check on him (expect he's crying!), and then leave again for 10 mins and come back...and so on and so on...just increase the duration after each come back.
it says that some babies can cry up to 15-30mins.
the second day usually is the worst! but by third day should be less cry or no at all.
however, some babies take even 7 days!!

And so...today I tried. and Failed! Haha..
i tried for 2 mins and come back..crying was so loud!
and then left him for 5 mins and came back...cry was louder!
and then 8 mins (supposed to be 10mins), but his cry really melted my heart..so i went in and calmed him..within 1 mins he fell asleep! haha the good thing is..he may be too exhausted crying and just fell asleep once I patted his back.

His second nap? did i try again? NO!
I just make sure he was calm enough before sleep. I talked to him and give him lots of cuddles and then put him on his side and pat his back..guess what..he fell asleep within 1 min also! and the nap lasted for 2.5hour! yayy..!!

and just now I did the same for his bed time. fell asleep directly too and no crying at all.
hmm...
could it be the room is nicer?
(well, we moved caleb to our master bedroom since caleb's room aircon was leaking - so of course the bed is more comfortable, our bed is king sized bed..it's bigger, more cozy)
Or..
could it be he learned from this morning.."it is better to sleep fast and has mummy beside me than being left alone lying on this bed" ?
hmm..I don't know..
but I hope this is for good...!!