Sleep deprived :(

Hello! Well, let me just say first that I'm exhausted! I have been working for the past week & a half (yay!) and it's taking some getting used to, that's for sure. I am so glad to be working, even if it's only for a short time. Anyway... I am struggling with my lil Joe and his not wanting to sleep in his crib. He was doing fantastic sleeping there until we took him off the bottle. That's when things went south! He makes the biggest fuss over being put in his crib! You'd think he was being beaten, or severely maimed the way he goes on. I've tried to let him cry it out, picking him up only to console him for a short time, then putting him back in his crib. I've tried laying with my head next to his crib and rubbing his head, I've tried, just letting him scream (but I feel awful)...He will fall fast asleep when he's laying in our bed. I don't want to hear him cry and be unhappy, but I also don't want him sleeping in our bed until he's 5 like my youngest daughter did... I'm so frustrated, and I get angry, which isn't fair to him....I wish there was a magic potion, or trick that would help him to sleep in his own bed... Well, I'm off for now...trying to find the energy to stay awake!