Night Two

So, 2 nights ago I let Isabella cry it out and after 20 minutes, she was asleep and slept for 9 hours. I was thrilled and felt invincible!
I have started reading some sleep techniques and felt confident that I was on the right track. A friend recommended the Sleep Sense program. One of the big points she makes is to put the baby down between 7pm and 8pm so they can get a full 12 hours of sleep a night. So, I started to put Bella to sleep at 8pm. I nursed her and she fell asleep although she wasn't in a deep sleep when I put her down but she didn't fuss at all so I thought I was in the clear. The other 2 kids got to bed and I settled in to celebrate my victory with a piece of chocolate cake and Kim & Kourtney Take New York!
Well, 20 minutes into it, I had heard her crying! UGH!!!!!! I went up and tried to just rub her back but not say anything and not pick her up. She did not like that at all and started to freak. I had talked to my sister and she had mentioned the Baby Whisperer and the technique of picking up baby until they are calm and then putting them back down... and doing that as many times as it takes for the baby to learn to lay down alone and go to sleep. Oh, and I guess she also recommends crawling into the crib as well if your baby isn't responding to you picking them up LOL Something I guess my sister has done LOL Ya, I would totally break the crib!
I tried to decide what action I was going to take to make this as painless as possible. I remembered that she had only cried for about 20 minutes the night before so I thought we would give it another try. Well, after 30 minutes of crying and the crying escalating to a panic cry, I went in and she was totally poopy! One of my scarring moments relived from when Lexi was a baby. So I brought her down, changed her and let her play. She was not tired and I didn't see the point of just letting her cry or me rocking her if it wasn't going to work. So after an hour of her playing and me finishing Kim & Kourtney, I took her back up for round 3. I fed her and she quickly fell asleep. And again, I put her down to her just waking up! I seriously wanted to pull my hair out! I tried to let her cry it out again but after another 30 minutes of her cry escalating, I caved and went in. I fed her again, waited a few minutes and she was out for the rest of the night. She slept for 8 hours, woke at 7am was up till 8:30am and went back to down 11am.
I'm starting to feel like I'm slowly losing control and her entire sleep schedule is coming undone one day at a time. We will see what tonight brings as I'm ditching the 8pm bedtime and going to try for a 830pm/9pm bedtime and see what happens.