Separation Anxiety

So far solid foods are a huge success!  Like parents, like son -- our Charlie is quite the little eater.  He not only "chews" and swallows the rice cereal, but actually grabs Jason's hand to try to get him to feed him faster.  It's hilarious.  After 3 nighs of rice cereal, we're moving on to peas tonight.  Wish us luck!
While I definitely put off the food as long as possible, I was looking forward to giving up the late night feeding.  Charlie has been going to bed each night at 8:00 for quite some time, but I would wake him up at between 10 and 11 for a "top off" to make it through the night.  Being that we get up every morning by 6:30, it was sometimes hard to stay awake for this feeding (Jason has some pretty funny stories of finding me passed out in the glider and Charlie eating away...). 
Naturally, I thought that it would be a huge relief to put him down at 8:00 and not worry about another feeding until the next morning, and Friday night was great.  Jason and I watched TV until about 10:30 and then just went to bed.  Saturday night was a different story, though...

Charlie had a somewhat rough day, because tooth number 2 poked through.  He was a trooper but exhausted by 7:00, so I put him down a bit early.  Jason and I had a late dinner and were watching the race on TV when I looked up and noticed it was 9:52...and I didn't have to feed Charlie.  Translation:  I didn't get to go up and cuddle Charlie for another 8 1/2 hours!  I hadn't expected this feeling of loss.  I even considered continuing the late night feedings, just for my own benefit -- but figured not only would I regret it eventually, but that a longer continuous sleep was really what was best for Charlie.  Still though, Jason can attest to the fact that I was pretty mopey the rest of the evening.  Who would have thought I was the one that was so attached to the 10:00 snack?!
Last night, my little man gave me a bit of a reprieve.  He woke up around 11:00 mad at the world.  I think it was his teeth, but Jason suggested that I try to feed him, so I did.  It worked perfectly -- he calmed down and I got my cuddle.  Logically, I hope that this was a fluke, and Charlie sleeps from 8:00 until morning tonight and most nights, but I have to admit that I will kind of look forward to a late night feeding every once in a while...