Cry it out.

I randomly decided last night to teach Charlie how to cry herself to sleep.  She always has a bottle before bed and usually falls asleep.  We put her into her crib while she is still sleeping.  I want her to be able to fall asleep on her own.  Things went pretty well.  I put her down at 8 and she cried for 15 minutes standing up in her crib.  She fell asleep for about half an hour and woke up screaming again.  I was very tempted to go get her (I was sure she had a wet diaper or was hungry).  I held off for another 10 minutes and she fell back asleep.  Overall it was a pretty successful first night.  This morning she woke up saying "Mama" so I think she  has forgiven me.