We co-slept with our firstborn for about 8 months. It seemed easier as he was a demand-feeding breastfeeder; liked frequent short feeds and sometimes even latched on himself while I was asleep. Also he had a breathing scare in his first couple of weeks of life and I wanted to watch him closely all the time so that got me in the habit of having him sleep in our bed too.

I went into a mother/baby unit for PND when my son was 8 months old and the nurses retrained him to sleep in his own room. I didn't realise how nice it was to re-claim the bed for just hubby and I and get a good night's sleep. I'm not against co-sleeping and see the benefits - we were all happy with it at the time - but if baby will happily sleep all night in their own room, then great!

My second-born spent 3 months in hospital and was used to her own environment so it just seemed the natural progression when she came home to go into her own crib and room.

Not sure what will happen with my third born as I imagine they will be a demand-breastfeeder and I think its easier in the first 3 months to have bub in bed with me.