re: "Crying it out" with an infant - OT Parents, how was your first experience?

we had to do this with our oldest. we made the mistake of letting her sleep with us for several years.

the first night she cried, kicked, threw things and then cried some more for most of the night. night #2 was much like night #1 but a little shorter. if i remember right she fell asleep around midnight. night #3 was much btter, she only cried for a few hours. by night #4 she was asleep with in a 15 minutes of laying in her bed