it's the best. >> maria wouldn't dream of sleeping any other way. you find a foot here and a head there but it works for us. >> she and her husband wind up in bed with 6-year-old anthony and 4-year-old daniel. >> i would rather them be in the same bed with me and sleep continuously for seven or eight hours a night rather than waking up every few hours. >> most say children need to sleep in their own bed alone. >> after two years, it's not appropriate from the child's perspecti perspective. it's not giving them what they need. autonomy is important at the 18 month to 3 or 4 years of age. we sleep with her bed pushed up here. >> they put a king-sized mattress on the floor to accommodate their daughter. >> by giving our child everything she needs early on, we are setting ourself up for