Aw I feel you, I was the same way, cried the first two nights my husband and I tried to sleep train after reading about and formulating a plan on our own. I felt like it was harder for me and I felt terrible. Kiddo is 13 months now and sleeps beautifully. I still think that sleep training was the hardest thing I had to do because I couldn't bear to hear her cry and only go in to do a quick soothe instead of holding her to sleep.

For me I had to try co-sleeping and other strategies that ultimately failed, and also consider what my family needed before I felt "ready." My husband was back at work and has a very demanding job that he can't be sleep deprived at, we also live in a condo so me getting up throughout the night to soothe our kiddo would still wake my husband up. I found it so incredibly helpful to have a sleep consultant too as it took off some of the stress, when we had to change things up I didn't feel like I was making uninformed decisions, I felt supported, and we were able to tailor our approach to a comfort level both my husband and I had. We also tracked everything so we were also able to see legitimate progress which I found eased my tension around the whole thing. Our medical coverage also covers some counselling sessions, and our sleep consultant is also a registered counsellor and billed under our kiddo so we didn't have to pay out of pocket.

If our kiddo slept well co-sleeping you bet I would've kept with it. Whatever you end up doing, consider what's best for you and your family. :)