Mine DS and DD1 were in a cradle next to the bed for the first few months. DS moved into his cot in his own room. DD1 moved into our bed for a few years! DD2 is already in our bed. Although she sometimes spends the first half of the night in her cradle which is pulled right up to my side of the bed. My DS hated co-sleeping and would never settle in our bed (although he always comes for a cuddle in the morning). Every baby is different and you will figure out what works for you.
My DH sleeps through any crying in the night and like so many others he has woken in the morning and said 'Gee, that was a great night, she slept all night!' as my eyeballs are hanging out of my head after an unsettled night of feeding and comforting! If I need him on a Friday or Saturday night, if I need DH's help, I literally have to kick him to wake him up and DH is not a particularly heavy sleeper. I think he just sets his brain to not respond to the crying during the week as he knows I will. He needs to tell his brain that weekends are different!!
We had DS in a basinette by the bed, DP would get up and change DS then give him to me to feed him. It's was very much a both up at night thing with us in the early days. I had a while where I had to express due to nipple issues, so I could get up and express and DP would be up feeding DS. I didn't want DS in his own room, I wanted him right there next to us I was very sad when we put him in his own cot in his own room (at about 4 months and only about 2 metres from our room).
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I was very sad when we put him in his own cot in his own room (at about 4 months and only about 2 metres from our room).
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