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Janelle,
I'd give it more time before letting it cry it out since he hasn't been home too long. Have you started some bedtime routines such as always turning on music and then the nightlight and then giving the blanket, etc (that's ours and has been since the 2nd week home).
Emma is not a rocker and the more I tried to rock her to put her to sleep the more she fought it. I know our kids came from the same orphanage and I came to the conclusion that Emma was used to being put in her crib and putting herself asleep with music so maybe that's the case to with your little one.
We eventually did the crying it out (after about 3 months home) because she was waking up in the middle of the night for no reason and now she's great at going to sleep and staying asleep on most days.
We did cut out the morning nap (again most days) at around a year. We keep her really busy during the morning and then put her down after lunch. She takes about a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon and this has seemed to help her sleeping at night as well.
No sleep is really hard on mommies!! Hang in there.
Blessings,
Angie
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