WM comes into bed with us most nights. This usually happens after he wakes early in the morning, having spent the first part of the evening in his cot which is also in our room. It means that both he and I get to sleep a little longer, even if that sleep is light on my part. At the moment though, because I am on maternity leave, missing sleep is not so much of an issue for me.

I second what the others have said .. you have to go with what works for you. Some people find it too difficult to have a child in the bed and others wouldn't have it any other way.