Good luck MorahR! Wishing you many restful hours (sometime in the future), and many happy years with your little guy. I wish I had some good advice for you. I was never able to listen to little ones cry it out. I wouldn’t be as harsh as smartc and call it abusive, as I have heard of other desperate, sleep deprived parents using CIO method, but I’m not sure it’s healthy for you or for your baby. One thing I would tell you, as eventually you may have new little screamers: Don’t let them sleep in your room past 6, max. 10 weeks. It’s so much easier when they’re tiny and you’re nursing to have them right next to you, but once they get used to it, Beware!
Sigh… smartc is right, it’s not easy to be a mother. But I have yet to find one who would give it up for all the money (and sleep) in the world.