B.J.
My son has a full out tempertantrum at 8 months. He did this after I took a toy away that he could not have. I knew I was in for it. He is now 2 and boy was I right. He is not a very good sleeper either. When he was little I would go in there every 15 min for so and tell him it was time to go to sleep. I work full time and so my husband works nights so It was only me at night. It got really hard to keep getting up and not getting any sleep. I finaly gave in as well and tried to have him sleep with me. This just made things so much worse for the next night. I have several girls in the office I work in that had there children sleep with them. One has a 12 year old that still crawl in bed with her in the middle of the night. I was told over and over again not to start that. So finaly I just let him cry it out. First for 5 min then 10, then 15, then 20, etc. He got the point. I also has a lot of the things you put on the crib and play music and they can watch stuff on it. I attached a lot of toys as well. anything that could keep him busy . He still does not sleep well as a 2 year old, but now he is at least quite in his room. He knows he has to stay in there until it is light out and then he can come and wake me up. Good luck!