I have been reading this thread with interest! My dd (nearly 3) has started coming in to our bed the last couple of months. At first it would be if she woke at say 4 in the morning she would get out of bed and come in to us. Because ds is only a little baby (5 months)and had just started sleeping through we let her to avoid her making noise that woke him. Also it seemed that we could get a bit later sleep out of her (she has always been an early riser (normally around 6), she started sleeping until 6.30 or 7 in our bed so it seemed like a good option. But recently, in the last few weeks she has been waking earlier and earlier in the night and so we set a rule that she couldn't come in before 3. So we would put her back to bed if she woke before. She goes back to sleep normally no fuss first or second time but after that she keeps getting out every 20 mins or so. I don't know what to do. DH thinks it's not too big a deal and she'll grow out of it (anything for sleep) but I think that before a certain time (ideally 5 actually) she shouldn't come in. She seems to have got worse and worse with her night waking. If she just woke the once and came in I wouldn't have minded so much but the fact that she is now disturbing us several times in the night is starting to get me down. I think that we need to break the habit and have thought about the chain on the door which I see mentioned here. The thing I dread is her waking up ds which no doubt she will if she is left to scream (and she gets quite angry and hysterical) and he is doing well with his sleep but if woken in the night tends to be awake for some considerable time (like anything between 1 and 2 hours !!) and that's a real pain. If I knew she would grow out of it in a few months I would put up with it but Im petrified of having a child that sleeps in our bed every night until she's 10 or whatever !!! Any advice ?