Ezz......Olivia (who is now nearly 4) slept in my arms or in her Daddy's arms or in the Baby Bjorn for the first 4 months of her life........& at the time I worried I was setting her up for bad habits. But she then decided that a hammock was the only place she would sleep. She then transitioned into a cot at 12 months. From the age of 4 months she became a "legend sleeper" and still is.........