Great post Mel! You must have read my mind as I was going to post one asking all the same questions!

We have had Matty with us in bed a couple of times when he has been ill. I can't believe the difference it made him in falling asleep. He would cry and scream in his cot, fall asleep in my arms but as I put him in our cot, he'd wake up and cry all over again - it was just too sad to see him like this.

So we went back to our bed, popped him down between us and 5 minutes later he was snozzing soundly and stayed that way for the rest of the night.

So since Matthew is 8 months, is it okay for him to have a doona over him?