Problem with rocking to sleep, or falling asleep at the breast or whatever, is that when the child wakes in the night, as part of the normal sleep pattern which everyone has, they can't get themselves back to sleep without rocking/feeding/whatever, hence disturbed nights for everyone, as seems to be happening here. Once a child has learned to get to sleep without props, they'll just turn over and go back to sleep, as we would. I'm sure this makes for a happier, more rested child, and of course the rest of the family- certainly did in my case.

If you're happy having your child in bed with you, fine, of course, but I could never relax when mine were in bed with me.

Many memories brought back by this thread, mostly happy ones :0)