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I have never told my boys they couldn't get in the bed with us in the night. And there has never been a problem with one of them constantly wanting to do it, since they got old enough to sleep in their own beds. Now and then, maybe...or when one of them is ill. But there is no power struggle at all.

As a matter of fact, I was one of those moms that put the kids in the bed with me from the time they were newborns. Steve slept in the other room (and our marriage lived through it gasp!) until they were old enough to sleep all night. Then we gradually put them in the crib until they were sleeping in it all night.

Done right, newborns sleeping in with mom is the natural way to do it. You have to make sure you don't take any medication that might impair your ability to sense your child in the night, and certainly not drink, not even a glass of wine. And the husband can't sleep in with the baby because he doesn't have that maternal sense of awareness. (I did have Steve stay in the bed sometimes, but I was always between him and the baby).

I just figured if the Lord intended the baby to be in a crib down the hall, he would have made my boobs long enough to reach down there. He didn't.

When they were newborns, the kids were in a bassinet, at the foot of the bed, though I guess they could have actually been in the bed. Could that have been better?

Our babies never slept through the night until well after 6 months, so we didn't get much sleep and my wife often nursed them in the middle of the night. When did your kids sleep all night?

Surprisingly, I was often the one to wake up first if a kid needed its Mom. Though I'm not sure she'll admit to that?

I'm going to try posting a picture of them now, if there's a good one in the computer; I've enjoyed the pictures of your little ones and wouldn't mind showing off my own.

I just figured if the Lord intended the baby to be in a crib down the hall, he would have made my boobs long enough to reach down there. He didn't

LOL! That was great! Sir SuziQ made a 'side-car' for me that attached to my side of the bed. When the little one was hungry I just pulled him over and started nursing; we both fell back to sleep! When he woke up, I'd nurse him on the other side, change the diaper and put him back down in the side car. I never had to get out of bed, it was great! They all did that for about 8-10 weeks before they settled into a most of the night routine and we put them in the crib.