Need suggestions . . .

[twinsmomkatie]

(Gentle) Disclaimer: I'm not really asking for opinions on WHAT I should do, but more on HOW to do what I want to do.

DS goes to sleep in his crib the same time the girls go down (between 8 and 9 pm), but he is up again around 2 or 3 am wanting to nurse and get in bed with me. I have always let him do this, but it is starting to become a problem.

He is a big boy (23 lbs. at 10 months), and I do not think he needs to nurse for nutritional reasons - more just out of habit, and he likes being snuggled up to me.

I need to get him to sleep all night in his crib - is there an option to letting him cry it out? I can't handle that, especially at 2-3 in the morning.

TIA!