J.T.
Hi M.,
My daughter sleeps in bed with me, so I have been looking into the same thing. I would love one night's rest! One thing a friend of mine did was to slowly transition. She bought bed rails for her bed, and would fall asleep with him. Once he was asleep, she would move onto the floor. If he'd wake up, she'd do whatever she needed to do to soothe him until he could do it on his own. Then once she was comfortable with how it was working, she'd put him in her bed and not lay down with him, but stay in the same room. Once comfortable with this, she moved himto his own bed and stayed in there with him all night. About a week later, she started to leave the room once he fell asleep. It seems like a long transition, but it worked for her son. It is a lot harder to accept change when you are barely 2. Personally, I don't like the cry-it-out method, at least until some form of self soothing has been taught (my daughter likes to hum now while she waits for me to do something).
Good luck! I hope this helped a bit.