Bye, bye bottle!

Ok just call me lazy. At two years old, Sarah was still getting a bottle. I tried to cut it down to 2 a day and I tried just giving her water.....didn't work , she would eventually end up haveing one hanging out of her mouth all day long and it was the only way to get her to sleep. So sweet to watch her lay there sucking on bottle twirling her hair..Then I had this flash of a five year old laying there, bottle in mouth twirling hair. Must say it wasn't a pretty sight, so Friday I decided it was time. She had gone most of the day without asking,when she did I told she didn't need one, so she asked for a cuppie.. I thought, hey this might be easy.......WRONG... She cried herself to sleep all the while screaming "Bottle",but only woke twice asking for one. yesterday she asked for one a couple of times, cried a litttle when told no, then went on her merry little way.. last night she screamed for 10 minutes and then that was it she slept all night long..It has been easier than I thought and am ashamed that I didn't do it sooner.
The next thing we will work on, is getting her out of our bed.She was always a good baby when it came to sleeping in her own bed. Then she started with the ear infections (7 since January) and has been in our bed since. No matter how big the bed, there just seems not to be much room and I am ready to have my side of the bed all to myself! Not to mention the damper it is putting on our "alone" time.