Sleep training. I didn't do it with Juliet and I am not sure what I am going to do with James. We rocked Juliet to sleep, and then laid down with her or stayed in her room until she fell asleep for about two years. Once we transfered her into a twin bed, we told her that it was time for her to go to asleep by herself and she did. Of course we check in on her every 10 minutes or so until she is asleep, but after about 30 mins she is out. If she isn't all that tired sometimes it takes longer, but she stays in her bed (unless we forget and haven't been in there for some time), and eventually falls asleep.

Two years is a long time, but we just could not do the cry it out method. I still don't believe it is what is best for our family, and I loved rocking my baby to sleep. They are only little and young for so long, and now everything is just as it should be for her.

James is a bit of a different story. Once he wakes up to eat, I bring him in bed and we co-sleep for the rest of the night (something I never did with Juliet until she was much older and that was only in the early morning to get an extra hour of sleep). He much prefers sleeping on our bed, but I am worried that it is becoming too much of a habit. And once he starts rolling around, it won't be as safe. He wakes up about two times a night for some dream feeds, and I feel he (or is it me?) isn't ready to go into his crib in Juliet's room. So for now my baby stays close and we take it day by day. If there was one thing I learned with Juliet it was that nothing stays the same for long (good and bad), so I know that although this might not be the most ideal situation, it will be over with in a blink of an eye, and that makes me feel a little sentimental.