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@mrsjazz: that is so young! I cannot believe a dr would suggest sleep-training (CIO method, not even a gentler method) as early as 2 months! That's insane. I totally wouldn't follow that advice at all and I concur you may need a new doctor.
IN ADDITION - isn't a dr for the health and medical needs of your child? They have no right to tell you how to parent as well. Co-sleeping is a parenting choice and as long as you do it safely, it never has to be a medical choice.

We half co-sleep. We coslept 100% from 4weeks to 3.5 months. the last few weeks we've had DS in his crib for half the night, then for his early morning feeding (between 5-6am usually) he makes his way into our bed and gets up anywhere from 7-8:30am. He actually won't sleep in his crib in the morning - I have no idea why! He will at night, but he will immediately wake up if he's in his crib.
I actually like this setup. We still get out morning snuggles and the special quality time of co-sleeping, but we also get some privacy and quality sleep for ourselves! It's been a great balance for us.

I don't plan to sleep-train, at least not the traditional CIO method. I have tried gentler methods and they don't seem to work so well for Cobi, and that's okay. We'll just muddle through.

My 9 week old sleeps in a bassinet right next to the bed or actually on me. He has reflux chokes a lot, so I'm not comfortable with him being any further away than where I can quickly grab him. He'll be sleeping at arms reach away until I'm sure his reflux is under control. And even then I won't sleep train until at least 6 months if seriously necessary. My ped hasn't even brought up our sleeping arrangements.

My LO had jaundice really bad and had to sleep in a bili bed for 3 days. We weren't allowed to get him out of his bili bed except to feed him or comfort him. It was so warm and comfortable for him that think he was inadvertently sleep trained. When we got home from the hospital he did NOT want to sleep with us and much preferred being in his crib. He has never slept with us. We didn't "sleep train" but we put him on the eat/wake/sleep schedule suggested by the baby whisperer and it has worked miracles. I don't feel like I have to guess as to what is wrong with him and I don't usually even have to do a process of elimination. I know what comes next and so does he. It was really natural schedule for him and he seems to love it. We started the schedule at 6 weeks, but we aren't very strict with it. When we first put him on the schedule he began sleeping a 4.5-7 hour stretch at night and has stuck to it ever since. I get up with him once at night and that's it. He goes down really easily at night time and nap time. I couple of rocks, his eyes start to get drowsy, I lay him down, and he's out. I think I got lucky. I would let him CIO this early on, but I also haven't had to because he's such a great sleeper.

We don't cosleep but our pediatrician supports it. She said we could start sleep training at five months. Two months seems a little young...

How nosey of your doctor!

Sleeping arrangements have never been asked about by mine.

I would find a new pediatrician stat! Sounds like this doctor is not a good fit for you guys. Our daughter sleeps in her Pack N Play for most of the night each night, and then comes into the bed with us sometime between 5 and 6:30 AM when she starts rustling around. She sleeps for another 1-2 hours in bed with us. She's 4 months now, and we're going to try transitioning her to her crib in her own room this week. I suspect that the morning co-sleeping will be continuing for some time though. If you're not ready to stop co-sleeping, and it's working well for you, then why make a change? You can always change your sleeping arrangements later when you're ready and when it suits your baby.

Wow... I'd find a new pediatrician too. My sons' pediatrician usually only addresses serious issues and always asks me if I have any other questions before she leaves in which I always do! She usually gives great advice and doesn't force it. All the books that I've read says to sleep train at around 6 months. I CIO'd my oldest at 5.5 weeks and it took about two weeks for him to learn how to self soothe. I'll probably do the same with my 4 month old when he's about that age. We didn't co-sleep with either boys but did have them in a mini arms reach co-sleeper that's a couple of feet away from our bed. First slept in our room for 4 months and second is 4 months and counting. Haha! It's mainly b/c we're still getting his big brother's room ready so he needs to move out the crib first.

My pediatrician asked how DS was sleeping at his last appointment (6 months). When I told him our routine: in the crib at 8:30/9, wakes at least once, nurses, stays in bed next to me until I get up at 6:30, back to crib - he said to move the crib out of our room if I wanted to sleep and not to breastfeed from 7pm to 5am. Well, since I work full time, that's the only time I get to nurse him. And I told him honestly, I'd rather go without sleep and spend the time with him while he's still nursing and still small. The pediatrician totally got it and said that that was fine, too.