I just want to say that most doctors will tell you NOT to put cereal in a bottle and will tell you that feeding a baby cereal with NOT help them sleep longer. Giving a child cereal in a bottle confuses the "hungry/full" reflex and can lead to overfeeding.
Also, there is nothing that proves keeping a child in your room for any amount of time will make it harder to get them into their own beds. This is also a matter of opinion and varies by child. My 2 year old sleeps with me, but is showing signs of being ready to transition. If you try to transition a child before they are ready, it will cause them to want to stay even AFTER they are ready to move. I and three of my four siblings shared my parents bed from birth- 2 years and transitioned with minimal problems (other then the typical problems associated with moving a child into their own bed, even from crib-bed). The youngest slept better in a crib from birth, so they didn't force him to sleep with them and had the same problems getting him into a toddler bed as they did the rest of us.
I want to add that I understand the poster stated that this was just personal experience and what worked for her. I'm not knocking it, I'm just offering another viewpoint on what she's said. (That doctors recommend you don't put cereal in bottles and that co-sleeping does not lead to a clingy child unless the child is naturally a clinger.)
