Co-sleeping and how to do it best?

[Pipsqueak23]

I have just moved my 23month old into a toddler bed as he was waking himself up in the night when moving around and hitting the bars of the cot. The first few nights he slept through no bother other than getting up slightly earlier than normal. However now he does not seem sleep through.

He goes down without any issue however between 1am - 2am he wakes up, and I am that tired lately that I just bring him in to bed with me (i have done co sleeping on and off since he was born)

My concern is, with the waking up and coming into my bed, that this is creating a bad sleep pattern.

Do I continue to let him have the option of coming into me and let him reach the point of sleeping through in his own bed in his own time ( as he has done with evey other sleep milestone)?

Hi we did this with ds1 and dd. I remember ds1 would regularly appear in our room 2/3 am, his little pillow under one arm, teddy under the other. I don't recall any definitive moment when either of them stopped coming in.

Ds2 is now writing his own rule book, he's 10mo and has barely slept in the cot at all. I feel he will be in the bed with me for the next couple of years yet!!!