Days...

I am having the hardest time sleep training Eden.  She used to be so good at self soothing even when she was like 2 months old.  She used to suck the first 2 fingers on her right hand and but her left arm over her face and it worked like a charm.  Then for whatever reason she stopped doing it...and now I have the hardest time getting her to go down.  Now she pulls on her ears and I don't think that ends up being very soothing for her.  She goes down pretty good during the day but at night, it's a fight.

I'm stuck between the whole cry it out and answering your baby's needs philosophy.  She just wants me there but she needs to learn to put herself to sleep.  She gets so pissed off when I leave her at night and she screams, lord how she screams!  I've tried all the things I did with the other girls, letting them cry for 10 mins going to soothe them for a few and then putting them back down and leaving again.  I nurse her...but nothing but my presence is what she wants.  

It's driving me crazy, the child is almost 11 months old and I'm fighting with her for hours each night to get her to sleep.  My nights are my decompression time, my alone time my self time.  And for the past few months I haven't had that.  I deal with a screaming baby all night...

If anyone has any methods they'd like to share I am all ears.  I'm willing to try just about anything to get her sleeping at night.