My precious baby girl just turned 9 months young on Monday. So big, so fast!

She is sleeping in her crib in her room for the first time tonight. When we were in the hospital when she was born, I held her the whole time. Partly for me, because she was always with me for nine months, and partly for her for the same reason.  When she came home, she slept in her bassinet right beside my bed. She outgrew that way before I was ready for her to be all the way in her room (about 12 feet away) so I let her sleep in my bed. Then I moved her crib in my room. But, I would lay her to sleep in her bed at first, but when she woke up, I would nurse her in my bed where she would stay until morning. I stopped nursing when she was 7 months old, but kept the same pattern and would put her in my bed after her first night bottle. She still wants bottles at night at 11, 2, and 4 most nights. Her doctor said she really should not be eating at all at night anymore, and suggested she sleep in her crib, in her room. He said she won't wake up as easy and want a bottle. I don't want her to continue these "unhealthy eating habits." I gradually began trying to get her to sleep when she awoke without bottles and she has done so well. She has slept from 8ish to 4ish without a bottle for 9 days straight. So - in her best interest, there she is now, in her bed sleeping soundly. And here I am, typing on my computer, watching her in the video monitor, avoiding that big empty bed. I'll be strong and follow through, but I miss her.