C.I.O. Day 3

Since the time for Joaquin to fall asleep shortened from 40 minutes to 25 minutes yesterday, we really hoped today would go as painless as possible for Joaquin (and for us). For his noon nap, he fussed a bit longer but fell asleep nonetheless. Dadu was getting soft-hearted but both our helper and myself insisted that we follow through the CIO method so we prevailed at the end.
Tonight, I took him to his room around 7.40pm. I changed him and cleaned his mouth. After reading him two stories, I sang to him while I closed the curtains and turned off the light. I kissed him goodnight and then patted him on his back, telling him to be a good boy and to fall asleep by himself. He started whining as usual but it didn't escalate to cries or howls like nights before. Instead, he was just sobbing and whining intermittently and it started to die down after 7 minutes... By Minute 10, he was quiet and...ASLEEP!!! Joaquin is truly a fast learner and I am now confident that pretty soon we should be able to eliminate crying altogether. The only downside is that I don't get to see him much but the good news is that he is a happier baby during the day!