Is cosleeping pointless if they sleep through

[ScaryFairy28]

on the far side of the bed?

Lucky you! I think it probably depends on how your LO goes to sleep and wakes up. Neither of mine slept (sleep) through co-sleeping apart from the odd one-off, but they both really enjoyed the waking up with company bit, and I know they both could go straight back to sleep having established they weren't alone, whereas if they woke up alone in the middle of the (well, their) night they'd both yell. How old is your LO?

We started cosleeping a few months ago cos she was unsettled she'd been sleeping through again for a week but last night (just cos I'd posted this question) she woke up three+ times!!

They know, they really do. Kids are telepathic. FWIW my experience (of my extremely tenacious kids) is that it's pointless trying to shift them to another sleeping environment unless a) they're ready (and not ill, learning lots of new stuff, experiencing any big changes etc etc), b) you're absolutely determined, and preferably c) both. And also that it's not linear. DD1 decided she wanted to sleep in her big bed, in another room, so we started but it was a good 6 months before she stayed there all night, all week. But then we'd set ourselves up for that, so she has a double futon, we have a super kingsize with a toddler bed next to it, and there's a spare bed in case one of us is poorly and needs to be away from everyone. It's meant a lot of musical beds but its how we all get the most sleep. Wouldn't work for everyone but it works for us .