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Originally Posted by Wormius
Agree with the above, especially routine.
There is some debate about letting kids share your bed or sleep in your room... But don't do it. Its like inviting a vampire into your house. Start the routine early and don't get lazy about it - their crib/bed only or you will regret it. Maybe. Depends on how you feel about having a good nights sleep.
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Yeah don't let your kid sleep in the bed past 3ish months or so... I just tucked my 4 year old into our bed. The really bad thing about that is she did sleep mostly in her crib until about a year, then I felt bad one night when she was sick and let her sleep in ours.. she has not left since. Even if we put her into her own bed she eventually ends up in ours, babies grow and while a 0-2ish year kid might be a nice fit, a 4 year old is not. We did not have this issue with our older 2 they were sleeping in their own room from 3ish months.
I would say the best advice I could give to a new parent is to cheap out when they are small(outside of safety things like carseats and such). I have a 12 year old and he costs me a small fortune and I wish I could go back to buying his clothes from Walmart, and giving him a cardboard box to play with... instead my reality is brand name everything, cause "mom my friends have it", FML