When does it get easier?

All you mommies out there - this is a call for help! Lucy has started to HATE bed time. I put her to bed and she SCREAM bloody murder, snot running down her sweet face, eyes full of crocodile tears, face all blotchy from crying so much and so hard.....how do I make bedtime more relaxing for her. She seems to want mama more than anything right now. She follows me to the kitchen and sits there on the floor while I am cooking or doing dishes, just jabbering up a storm. She'll follow me to the bathroom (I know, it's only going to get worse), she'll go anywhere I go, and while I think it's sweet and I love the fact she wants her mama, at bed time enough is enough. So, this is my plead to you.....HELP ME!!!!!!! Tonight after screaming for a good solid 10 minutes, I got her out of her bed, and what did she do? She went right to sleep. So, tell me, what are YOUR TRICKS to getting your little one to bed?