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We used a co-sleeper so they weren't in our bed but next to it - we moved them around 6-7 months and they did great!

Man any time someone says that a 3 month old sleeps so well, I'd say KEEP DOING THAT. If you can stand to. My daughter co slept with us at various times, and at 3, still does to a degree that makes all of us happy. We moved her to a floor bed in her own room at 8 months. At 3, it means that one or both of us snuggles her to sleep every night. Then, if she wakes in the night, she comes and snuggles up in bed with us (often if she's sick, more rarely/only early in the morning if she's not). This really works for our family, and I'd really suggest just going with cosleeping to whatever degree works for you, and not stressing too much about bad habits.

I used to worry about that a little, and then I thought, you know, if I'm creating a person who likes to sleep with people she loves, I'm actually ok with that. That's how I feel - I'd rather not sleep alone. She's perfectly capable of it, and mostly does sleep on her own, but I'm totally fine with enjoying a big snuggly family bed a small part of the time.

The only kind of cosleeping that concerns me is when a child is much older, waking frequently, and really interrupting their parent's lives at night. In my experience, though, that kind of pattern usually has more to do with anxiety, and other stuff. Not just a child who likes to snuggle.

We co-slept a lot the first 6-7 months. When DS was really little he just wouldn't settle down anywhere but right next to me. But it was always a goal for me to get him to sleep on his own, as I felt really restricted by co-sleeping and only did it for survival.

What I generally did was nurse DS to sleep and when he was pretty dead asleep I'd put him in the PnP next to me. On good nights he'd be fine for a couple hours until the next feeding session. My general rule was to try twice to rock him and get him to sleep on his own. If it didn't work I gave up for that section of the night and co-slept until the next feeding. Then I'd start over again after the next feeding, trying to get him in the PnP with the 2 try rule.

Of course many times I just fell asleep and didn't bother. And there were night when if he didn't sleep in the PnP for the first segment or two of the night, I just gave up for the night. It was hardest to get him to sleep on his own the closer to morning it was. But eventually we got him to sleep entirely on his own.

4 months. Not because I felt we had to or else we were doomed, but it just wasn't working for any of us anymore.

K now does all naps & does her first night stretch in the crib. I have put her in the crib for 2nd stretch, but most of the time co-sleep just b/c I'm lazy. I actually feel like she might sleep better by herself, undisturbed by us moving and DH snoring haha. But I'd most def bring her to bed for the last stretch for that 1st morning smile and snuggles!