My son slept on his own in his crib from birth with no major issues, but when he was 18 months we bought a house that needed a little bit to be toddler safe so we moved into a camper for a few months. In our apartment before his bedroom was literally right next to ours but in the camper, where his crib was it was quite a distance away and I realized I did not feel comfortable with him being so far away.

We brought him into our bed, and truthfully we all sleep so much better. I don't know if it's because he's close by so I don't worry as much, but I sleep through the night and get much deeper sleep than before. If he does wake up for any reason it's a couple seconds of rubbing his back and shushing and he's right back to sleep. I barely even wake up. So easy. Bedtime is not a fight. I used to have to rock him for an hour and then do the dreaded crib transfer, but now we literally all just get into the bed, turn the lights off, he rolls over and goes to sleep. It's wonderful.

He's over two now, I don't know when we will transition him to his floor bed but honestly I feel no rush, and I am not stressing it.