Dolce sleeps in her playpen with her blanket at one end (although by morning its on the other end) and a wee wee pad on the other end. She has done this since she was about 2 1/2 mths old. I dont know if she actually used the wee wee pad during the night or its her 'morning' thing, but there is sometimes pee on the pad when i go to get her out. The playpen is actually in another room about 6 ft down the hall from my room and I usually listen by the door when i put her to bed so i can see if she is alright. I also leave a little nite-lite on for her so it is not totally dark in there. She has never cried once and she knows when it starts getting light in the room it is time to get up so then she starts crying for me. She is really good about going to bed...my mother gets mad because she says that Dolce has her own ROOM in the house...she even refers to it as "Dolce's bedroom" when people are over...lol
