Our daughter slept in our bed with us from birth to 14 months. This was on our midwives recommendation. You won't roll over your baby. there is an instinct there. Some people were shocked (it really annoyed me!) They also said we were 'making a rod for our own backs'... All I can say is that our little girl went in to her own cot in her own bed at 14 months immediately. With no fuss. She loves her own bed and now goes to bed every night at 6.30pm and stays there all night happily. When she wakes (between 6.30 and 7), she plays quietly with her toys until one of us goes to get her at 7/715.