About the question Robert Cordes posted re: the co-sleeper
We were about to purchase it, but found the size too small for our babies (
our kids are huge and will sleep with us till age 3, even 4!) We have a king
size bed against two walls. The open side is protected with an in expensive
bed guard. Instead of the co-sleeper (for the same price) we invested in a
simple twin day bed that's only open side is pushed to the foot of our king
size bed. It is EXACTLY the same lenghth as is the width of our king
size.....yes, our room is literally a BED room, but we can have a choice of
having babies on each side of the king size, or on the daybed..... Or leave
the babies on the King, and mom and dad snuggle on the twin. Several of my
clients have tried this same arrangement and LOVE it. The great thing is that
eventually you'll have an extra twin bed for a child or guests.  We have never
had to use a crib or bassinet!
good luck,
Adriana Samargia Kaufman, PLA