Aw Blackbird... hope you had a better night last night!

yep, ditto Liz, co-sleeping is my salvation. I stayed up at night with my other two and was miserable and found that I was getting into a really resentful state of mind "Grrr, the world is sleeping... why don't I get to sleep too? Everyone thinks SAHMs have it easy! pfft... how hard would THEY work during the day if they had been up all night????" etc etc etc.

So, this time I'm not going down that path... I want to enjoy every minute of this little guy's babyhood (because he is my last one)... co-sleeping has really helped me do this

BTW our baby starts off every night in his own cot... generally wakes at 2/3am... I bring him into our bed... sometimes he stays, sometimes I carry him back into his own cot if he's in a deep sleep. If he won't settle he stays and feeds with me in bed until he does.