hi Missy, you are not alone!! Archie has been sleeping in our bed for 2 months as well, and this week it just got to me and i was so angry at him (even though i know its not his fault of course) for never giving me space to breathe, i was with him 24 hours a day every day. It is a security thing for him, i have noticed that during tese 2 months he has developed so much. He talks magnificently all of the sudden, his physical skills are fantastic, and all of the sudden he will happily stay places without me, like daycare. For the last 2 nights he has slept in his own bed all night, he has had about 5-6 wake ups during thenight, but will go back to sleep after a brief cuddle. I think i just got to the point where i knew that if he kept sleeping in our bed i might end up losing the plot and maybe even hurting him, so i knew it was safer for everyone if he slept in his own bed.
It was weird cause the first night he slept in his bed he went straight to sleep! He never does that ever. Last night it took over 2 hours for him to fall asleep, but we got there in the end. I just stayd completely calm and neutral and repetitively picked him up, gave him a brief cuddle and put him back in bed. I made sure he knew that i would come straight to him and comfort him if he got upset, so in the end he stopped getting out of bed and fell asleep cause he knew he was safe and mum was just down the hall listening out for him.
I don't know what will work for you and your DS, but eventually something will work. It must be a big developmental stage in their lives that tey have difficulty moving through without the close comfort of Mum. You are doing a great job, and i hope things sort themselves out sooner rather than later.
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), but she was suffering, and i really think at 26months, she is just too little yet to understand the consequences. She's too young to reason with also. 
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