getting payton to sleep

well since saterday we have been putting payton to bed.
and walking away, not completely . we tell her its bed time time to sleep.
and enter the roomand comfort her (with out picking her up)
if she is crying for too long/loud,

I try to stick around 5min cry time before I enter.

the first night it took 2 1/2 to 3 hrs to put her to sleep,
the second was less than an hour,
and 3rd about 30 min!!!

well I am in california for tonight and will be back very late, so I know this will through off her
new sleeping schedual :(
cause I land at YVR at like 11pm, we will not be home to allmost 1am.