Reply #169: Horses for courses, as the old saying goes. [View All]

Some parents and children work great with having their kids in a separate bed in the same room or even in different rooms. Other parents and children decide to co-sleep. As my son grew bigger so did our bed (and yes we do co-sleep and he's 3). It doesn't make us better or worse parents. My nephew, who is about the same age as my son has slept on his own for the last year after previously co-sleeping. My niece co-slept for about 8 years until her mother (she was a single parent) met her future husband and moved in together. Then she ended up in her own bed.

As it is, we have a king sized bed and a toddler bed beside of it. If we can encourage our son to get into the toddler bed (or move him there after he falls asleep) we might indulge in nookie. However I'm often so tired from work anyway to even think of things of that nature.

It doesn't matter how you do it, it is the end result that matters. If you end up with stable, healthy, loving children who are an asset to society in general then you've "done your job correctly."

Mark.