Sleep update

Ok, so after about 2 months of no sleep at all and 1 terrible try at letting him cry (remember that story?) we decided we needed to make a change. We both decided that we'd try anything we could before we let him cry again, we even brought him into our bed one night - which we didn't want to do but thought it was worth a try - didn't work. Bradley was still waking up so many times a night. To give you an idea of how many times a night - Kevin and I split up the night, he'd take the first 4 hours then I'd take the second 4 hours. One morning I asked Kevin how many times he got up and he said, "Not too bad, I think it was about 3 times" and I was all excited because I said, "Oh good, he only woke up about 3 times with me too!" Then I realized that's still 6 times in 1 night - not good!
So on Sept 19th we decided to try again (I felt bad doing it on his 9 month old birthday but it was a friday so it was a good time). I have never had a problem rocking him to sleep or nursing him to sleep initially (I actually love it) - it's the waking up that was getting out of hand, so we decided that I'd nurse him to sleep, then when he woke up we'd go in at 5 min to make sure he's alright, then every 10 min after that. He woke up about 45 min after he fell alseep like he normally did, Kevin went in after 5 min, then I went in after 10 only to find that he had thrown up all over the place (like I didn't feel bad enough already!!!) So we cleaned him up and decided that we couldn't let him cry anymore that night because we wanted to make sure he was feeling ok. That night was bad like normal but he seemed to be feeling fine and he was fine the whole next day as well - so we had to try again!
Mom and Bill came over to play cards with us and distract me so that I wouldn't be crying the whole time with him :( This time he did not fall asleep nursing so we put him down awake and checked on him every 10 min. After about 30 min he threw up again :( we cleaned him up and put him back down and he was pretty calm for a while after that, then started crying again. But all in all it was better than I expected - except the throwing up was hard! It took 2 hours total for him to fall asleep and he slept for 9 hours straight!!! Kevin's back hurt the next morning because he wasn't used to sleeping so long :)
The next night he fell asleep nursing again and slept for 11 hours straight. And every night since then - 2 weeks now - he's been sleeping great!! He seldomly wakes in the night and the couple times he has in 2 weeks he gets himself right back to sleep - not even crying for over 2 min.
Naps were a little difficult but we have gotten those down now too. We can even put him down still awake for a nap and he rolls over to his side and falls asleep! It's amazing to us! It's like night and day.
It's a great feeling knowing that we taught him this great skill. I love knowing that he is comfortable in his own room now and isn't scared to go to sleep on his own and doesn't get upset when he wakes up by himself. 2 hours of crying was worth him not waking up scared and feeling alone so many times in the middle of the night - now he's comfortable and getting all the sleep he needs. Oh - and I can't say Kevin and I aren't enjoying our sleep as well!!! :)
Thanks to everyone for all their help and advice. :) And especially Mom and Bill for keeping us company that first night - it really helped a lot! We love you! And Mr Bradley sure loves his Mammy and Poppy! :)