To cuddle my 2 year old DC to sleep at night?

[ComeOnEileen11]

Or to at least sit with them til they fall asleep...
I know that I should be working on putting them in bed, saying goodnight and leaving them to fall asleep.
I BF DC to sleep until 15 months then moved to cuddling them. They're now 2 and settle with either me or DH sat by the bed, sometimes with a hand resting on them or being cuddled to sleep.
DC is a very affectionate and cuddly child and often climbs onto me for cuddles throughout the day and loves to snuggle up.
Still will nap in bed/the car/the pushchair etc though so it's not exclusively being cuddled.
Complicating factor is that we have a baby on the way so DC1 has a sibling arriving shortly.
I do love our snuggles though. If DC1 wakes at night (rarely - if poorly or teething) I will try a good long while to settle them back in bed before snuggling them in my bed.
Am I being unreasonable?
I mean, they won't want this as they get older. DH doesn't object. My sister did the same and get DC settle nicely on their own now and have from about 3 years old. DM and MIL disapprove.

Think it all depends on whether it’s a problem really. My DD3 still wants you to sit on the floor and hold her hand to fall asleep. But unless she’s ill or had a sneaky afternoon nap then it takes all of 7 minutes. She’s also fine going to sleep with other family and it’s quick to get her down so we can still go out. If it was a case of sitting there for hours each night then I wouldn’t feel bad about stopping.

It’s also my Mumsnet time.... she’s actually been out for 10 mins but I’m surfing and drinking wine while hiding from the dishes 😂

The expression Creating a rod for your own back springs to mind, from my perspective, but I’m all about routine, whips extends to sleep/bedtime. If you’re happy to do it and they like it, why not.

If you are both happy then no problem. I didn't want to get into that routine of needing us to get to sleep so never did it. Mine have never had a problem with sleep though.

I did this, both independent adults now

oblada - 'I don't think it's fair to associate anxious child and cuddling at night.'
I agree. I said earlier how I cuddled my DS to sleep for years while he was in infants school. He was very independent, happily staying at his dads EOW and very secure in himself, not anxious at all.