Saga of Sleep, Day One

Today, we train Faith to sleep unassisted.
She woke up at 7 a.m. and I had her soothe to sleep by 8:30. I placed her in her crib, almost asleep. Her back arched the moment it touched the bed. She jumped up and cried. I closed the door and left her for one hour. She cried the whole time. She's definitely NOT temperamentally easy, at least not in the sleep category.
I tried again that afternoon at 12 noon. The same thing happened. She cried, whimpered, played in the crib crying, but couldn't get to sleep. Her eyes were dark and puffy and I know she's very tired now, so I had to put her back in bed with me and let her nap. Maybe I should get her to sleeping well first before I can transfer her to sleeping alone.
So tonight, we prepared her for bed at around 7 p.m., and got her to sleep. In bed with us. Tomorrow is another day. Needless to say, we were still waking up every hour or two as Faith was... Nobody said this was going to be quick, or easy. But we're not giving up. She will learn to sleep. That was our prayer as hubby and I drifted off and on to sleep...