Mackenzie always fell asleep with her last feed for the night then as time went on and she had more solids and we dropped her bottles back we gave her a bottle earlier when she was still wide awake. When it came time for bed we would sit in a chair in her room and cuddle her until she went to sleep. This was great as it gave Dad some special time with his little girl each night. As time went on she always went down during the day without cuddling or a bottle but night time was different. Then once she was about 15 months she was happy to be put in her cot and we just sat in the chair until she drifted off and evenutally she understood sleep time was sleep time without any tears. She still woke up during the night with tears and I've mentioned a number of times on the forums how many probs we have had re-settling her. Now she is nearly 2 and is sleeping in a bed and jumps in right after she brushes her teeth everynight. We still have the odd night where we have to put her back in a few times before she drifts off but we get there in the end. At the end of the day it dosn't matter how you get your bubs off to sleep as long as they are loved, feed, dry and happy!