Learning on the job

The sleep training is not going well. Saturday was impressive as he fell asleep within 5 minutes of putting him down. I was extra shocked because he managed to stay asleep even though there was lots of chattering as we had company. And then Sunday night happened, followed by a Monday night that resembled day one of the sleep training mission. I guess it's back to the drawing board. I keep on re evaluating the technique and my approach to it. I'm thinking that maybe I'm being too timid when placing him down? Could it be that he's feeding off my fear/anxiety? Whatever it is I've come 7 days too far to stop now. This experience reminds me of the weeks after he was born. Robdawg and I would do the sleep routine of bathing him, massage and cuddles thinking that he'd willingly sleep after nursing. Oh boy were we ever wrong. He screamed and cried for 2hrs every night and as first time parents we were dumbstruck. With no tricks up our sleeves, the best we could do is walk him up and down the apartment until he fell asleep. It took him a few weeks to get used to that routine so I'm guessing this transitional period might also take some time. And all of this is just guessing really as I don't know much about what I'm doing, talk about learning on the job. Well that's the thing with being the first born. You're a bit of an experiment really. Poor baby boy. Good thing Heavenly Father is watching over him.