The majority of babies this age still need to be “parented” to sleep (nursing, rocking, cuddling, etc.). Pretty much guaranteed, that at some point in the future, you will tuck her into bed, give her a kiss, and say goodnight. Some babies just learned to fall asleep very easily, but many need to be taught. Our new book, The Baby Sleep Book, has just been released. This book is a wealth of information about how to learn the temperament of your baby and how to pick a good strategy for teaching them how to get to sleep. I’m glad that you enjoy the quiet snuggle-time with her, because that will not last forever. You can take a more aggressive “training” approach (explained in the book) or you can take a more relaxed approach… either way, if you do it right, you will have an older child that enjoys going to sleep. My two children learned to fall asleep on their own sometime between their second and third birthday.