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[quote=Anonymous]I don't do a family bed-in fact dd has been in her own room from the beggining ..but that's me. My littlest brother basically slept in my parents room until around 7-8 (can't remember so long ago). It started when he was an infant and got really sick and went from there. He would start the night in his crib and then, when older, his bed but would wind up with them in the middle of the night. He finally just evolved to staying in his own bed at his own pace. I also have friends who do a family bed and their oldest (7) has recently said she wants to sleep in her room and so she is. The four year old stills sleeps with them. I think their rationale was that the child would give signs and so the first one is now out with that theory. I don't know what they would do if the oldest was nine because you are then getting into tween territory and that could be weird psychologically (sp) for the child. Maybe when you feel like your child is starting to seem more like a tweener than little person you start to encourage sleeping in their room and leaving your room open if they want to come in and eventually they will be on their own. I do think something abrupt for a child who has been sleeping with parents for years would be a bad thing so no matter what, it should be gradual.

I also have to add that I am continually amazed at the unhelpful comments and, on the other side of the coin, how many people are becoming more open. For me, I really I laugh at how rigid I used to be-now I think that every family gets to choose what works and also realize that what works for me, doesn't work for other people but if the end result is happy famiily--then great![/quote]

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