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I have been trying No Cry Sleep Solution to break the nurse to sleep habit with my six month old. I think we're starting to see some results after about a week and a half. I was having the same problem you describe, where she would wail as soon as she hit the crib if she wasn't in a deep sleep. I've been unlatching her progressively sooner and doing a pick up put down until she settles. I've found if I can get her at the right time she will just relax right into the crib. It is imperfect at this point, but I didn't want to do straight CIO. I have been letting her cry a little if she calms when I put my hand on her in the crib, and this seems to be helping too. I could never settle her without picking her up until I started No Cry Sleep Solution, so I think some of the tactics are working.

We're not at a point of laying her down fully awake, but hopefully we'll get there. Everything I'm told about no cry sleep training is that you need to be prepared for it to take weeks, not a few nights. That said, the sleep we are getting now is far better than it was 10 days ago, it's just not as good as she was doing before.

We weren't able to do *drowsy but awake* until recently . . . maybe the past month or so? LO is 15 months. And at 9 months, your options are going to be limited to *behavior modification* rather than *sleep training* . . . Do What Works! If that's nursing/rocking to sleep for now, then do that. As long as it works and is sustainable for your family, go with it. Screw what the books say about what you *should* be doing . . . It won't last forever.

I dont remember DS being able to do "drowsy but awake" until 10-12 months, but he always transferred well when asleep so that's what we did. A bedtime bottle has always been out last step in the routine, and he always fell asleep and stayed asleep upon transfer. I loved our snuggle time and have no regrets.
At 16.5 months he will now go in drowsy but awake.