i have just given it to a friend

my baby had slept in the cot from the very beginning, and il has served for quite several monthes, until the little monster suddenly refused to sleep alone ,,,and the cot became a cage for him, once he was awake, he tried all ways to get out of it...:( even during the night. We had spent an extremely tough period... Finally we have given up struggling with the "should-dos", and now i sleep with my 2 year old boy, throwing out the cot.
if I had the second child, i'd prefer to let him/her sleep in a small cradle for the first 3 monthes or so, and then, to sleep with him/her till he/she does not mind to sleep alone in his/her own room, which could be 3 years later.