getting lucky or too early to say?

baby YZ has been very good when it comes to sleeping.
not VERY VERY good but i guess i should be counting myself as one of those lucky few who managed to get some good quality sleep at night. :)

i went back to work on 18th Jan.
and from what i recorded in the baby journal, he started sleeping through the night (from 11+pm - 6am then) on 7th Jan!
very sweet hor, let mummy has her beauty sleep ha.
though he'll sometimes stir alot once/twice in the night. but mostly eyes still shut and just some patting will do the trick.

but the bad thing about him is he NEEDS to be rocked to sleep everytime.
we tried the CIO (cry-it-out) method for few times.. but i always feed very bad after that cos he seems so pitiful crying, lying on the mattress. and all i need to do is to carry him and he'll promptly fall asleep ever so fast.
all he needs is some body warmth and comforting body smell, i guess.
and so we stopped the CIO as fast as we tried it.
but the fear that he'll rely on our rocking stuck on.

BUT BUT BUT, ever since last week, he has been falling asleep by himself when we put him in his cot at 9+pm everynight!
i just need to put my face beside him, give him his beanie + pacifier.. stroke his head n face abit.. and he'll drift away to dreamland!
its that easy, no kidding!
i think its because he's growing up and recognizing stuff and seeing me beside him is all he needs to be comforted for sleep. *sweet* (",)

let's hope this is not a flute of luck but a permanent basis.
*fingers crossed very tight*