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My oldest two were in bed with us AT THE SAME TIME!!!! I wouldn't trade it for a minute. They are 17 months apart. The house we used to live in was in really bad shape, and the other bedroom was at the opposite end of the house. There was no room to set up a second bed in our room, all though we did have a crib crammed between my bed and the wall. I was always scared the house would catch on fire and I would be seperated from them by a huge wall of flames in the middle of the house, and not be able to get to them. My oldest started out in the crib right beside me. He nursed around the clock, and after about a week of being sleep deprived, that ended and he just stayed in our bed. When number 2 came along, we skipped the crib entirely, and he moved into our bed too. We had a king size by this time, so the crib was gone anyway, to make room.

When we moved into our new house, we put a queen sized bed on the floor of their room, and moved them both in together. Occasionally, they would get up in the middle of the night and wander into our room and climb in bed with us. I would just lift the covers, scoot over, and let them in. I loved snuggling with them.

Number 3 came along 13 months ago. She started out in a bassinet in our room, moved into bed with us, and at about 8 months, when she was too big for the bassinet, started sleeping in her crib in her room. For a while, after moving her into her own room, if I worked late, and hubby put every one to bed, he would still put her down in our room. (shows how much the other two bothered him, lol) But she's in her bed full time now, and I have to say I miss it. On the other hand, she doesn't sleep as still as the boys do, instead she's all over the bed, with her feet in your face one minute, and falling off the end of the bed the next, so instead of getting MORE sleep with her in the bed the way I was with the boys, I get a whole lot less!

I think it's really true that it never REALLY ends. Even now she wakes up about an hour before we have to get up and comes in our room to cuddle and nurse. I really treasure that time!

Both of my girls go to bed in their own beds but one of them almost always ends up in our bed. There have been short bursts of time when my oldest will sleep in her own bed and those nights are so great. She is 5 years old. Enjoy your sweet slumber!

Glad to hear that the transition went smoothly. I marvel at your post: my son made it all of 3 weeks in our room (but in his own crib) before I decided he was too noisy. Between his baby sounds, my husband's snoring, and the dog's dream-induced barks, it was way too loud, and I was up between feeds, which made me a grouch! ha ha.