Hi, my DD is 16mth old sleeps in a cot but a couple of times she has woken up and wont settle with a bottle. This is not often but it does happen. At these times I have brought her into our bed for a bit of a cuddle as I figure she may have a tummy ache or be teething and want to soothe her not let her cry.

The only problem is that as soon as we bring her into our bed she is in full "party mode" and starts laughing and crawling all over us, now while this is really cute (minus the eye gouging) I was wondering for those who co-sleep how do you prevent bed time being play time?

When my DS was a baby, we would put him in bed and he would cuddle up and fall asleep but Ruby is like a circus monkey!