Co-sleeping with your infant and toddler

I don't think it is a great idea to keep your infant in you bed, here is why:

1. Right away you teach her that your bed is her bed and that is not true, she has her crib. That's why you bought it.  

2. I 100% support co-sleeping if you fell asleep during breastfeeding, it is the best feeling on earth, but if you finished breastfeeding and your infant is asleep and you are awake, put her in her crib. 
3. From day one teach your infant about discipline and routine. Soon she will learn about things around her, how they work and purpose they serve. Crib is for sleeping, play-mat is for playing, highchair is for eating, etc. 

4. Parents rarely fully fall asleep with their infants and even if they do you make up in cold sweat looking for her and checking if everything is fine. Having a good night sleep and rest, means teaching your baby to sleep in her crib. 

5. There is not reason to co-sleep unless your baby is in pain and needs comforting and you cannot rock her anymore.

I really do not think that co-sleeping with your toddler is a great idea, here is why: 

1. Toddlers are old enough to understand what they want and what you want. Do not let her do what she wants when she knows she is not allowed. 

2. When our daughter was teething we started co-sleeping because she would wake up every 2 hours crying for comfort. She would fall asleep in her crib but in 2 hours wake up cry and stop only if she would be sleeping in between us. It is am amazing feeling to hear her breath and feel the worth of her body, but that is not right. After few weeks she got use to it. It took us about a week to remind her that crib is where she slept since she was born and where she will continue to sleep.   

3. We did not co-sleep until her most painful teething period, therefore it was not hard to teach her back to be in her crib. We knew and she knew that that is the right place. For toddlers that sleep in parents bad since infancy the task might be hard because your bed that is all your toddler knows: "I sleep in the same bed with mom and dad, what is a crib?" Teach them and discipline them early to avoid future difficulties.

FYI: Our daughter is still teething and sometimes wakes up at night due to pain, I come and lay down next to her in her toddler bed. I stay with her until she feels better and leave. I am there when she needs me but I do not over do it by letting her sleep with us.