He has never, in his entire life, fallen asleep for the night anywhere except my arms, my boob, or my bed (or a combination of those).
I've been experimenting with different sleeping arrangements and tonight I tried the pack 'n play in my room. I rocked him to sleep in his nursery as usual, then put him down in the pnp. He woke up after about a minute and stood up and cried out. I went in and knelt down and hugged and kissed him, but didn't pick him up.
He sat down, laid down, stood back up, laid back down, rolled around, etc. etc. Every time he stood up I hugged and kissed him and sat him back down and every time he laid down, I rubbed his back. He wasn't crying at all. After 15 minutes, he laid down and stayed down and went to sleep!
I can't freakin' believe it! Of course, he's only been asleep for a half hour, but that's longer than he normally lasts in the crib.
Re: Holy crap - DS put himself to sleep tonight for the first time ever!