I just think sharing a room (not necessarily a bed) makes SO much sense, especially with infants. You don't have to stumble down the hall for midnight feedings!

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We always had a second room that was mostly a playroom, then when I was about 7 mom would put us to bed in there, which involved reading some books, sometimes laying down with us. Often that meant that she would fall asleep for a bit, too. Many times we would wake up in the middle of the night and go into our parents' bed, probably over 50% of the time.

We moved when I was 10, and that seems like the cutoff for when we slept through the night in our own rooms. But every once in a while, when I was feeling stressed or whatever, I would sleep in my parents' bed, even into high school.

I know that probably sounds icky and weird to a lot of people, but it really wasn't. My parents had a king size bed. On Friday nights, we would order pizza and rent movies, sit on their bed and hang out. It was never a private space the way a lot of people think of their beds. I don't know if I'll do it all the same, but I know that my babies will sleep in my room when they're first born, and we'll just see what works.

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*most annoying slogan in the world.

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That said, I'd move into the White House in a hot minute. Lincoln bedroom here I come!

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And yeah, when it doesn't stop in childhood it's because of something wrong in the raising.

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