I had no choice but to sleep away from both of my babies due to hospital and surgery stays. It was really hard on me because I missed them, but the kids did fine. They were loved and well cared for which helped me be less anxious about being away from them.
My husband and I also traveled quite a bit with his company for conventions and Black Tie events. My kids were fine with it. It was an adventure sleeping somewhere else.
The happy result was that my kids could literally sleep anywhere. We traveled a great deal with them as well and they adjusted like champs.
When I was born, my mother had a very difficult time with blood clots. I was allowed to go home from the hospital but she wasn't. My grandparents took me home as a newborn. I was with them the first several months of my life.
When my mother was allowed to go home, I had bonding time with her. She was very close to her parents so we were at their house often. I had my own bed, my own little space, and that's where I slept. I had my own room and crib at home, which I slept in. We traveled to my uncle's house often and they made a place for me to sleep there. It was always the same, that was my crib or bed. Like my kids, I could sleep anywhere. Mom and Dad didn't have to be there.
Sometimes moms and dad's have business functions to attend that run late.
Sometimes moms and dads go out of town for a weekend of intimate time and recharging your batteries as a couple.
Heck, I'm a single mom and I had to leave my kids for over a week to take my insurance license classes in Sacramento.
There's nothing wrong with cuddling with your kids. My kids and I have been camping and all of of snugged up together in the tent.
When we had bad thunder and lightning storms with the power out, my kids wanted to sleep in my bed. I let them. Being divorced, I didn't have a man in the bed so why not? The next night they were fine and snoring in their own rooms.
My point is, I know you can't stand a night without your little cherub, but it will be harder on you than it is on him. Kids really can survive and do quite well without their parents for a night or two.
As I got older, I spent entire summers with my grandparents, one of them 3,000 miles away.
You don't stop loving your child if you aren't with him 24 hours a day.
If you have people you can seriously trust to watch him, let him go and let yourself go.
My kids used to help me pick out what I would wear, right down to accessories. They helped me pack.
They were going to grandma's house which was SUPER fun and they knew we would bring presents home.
They didn't mind.
There were plenty of family oriented business excursions as well, so they never felt left out of everything.
There is nothing wrong with co-sleeping unless that's the ONLY way your child can sleep. That's a dependence that's not necessary if you ever want him to sleep in a different situation and be able to cope with it.
I think your little guy will be fine but you might want to switch up his sleeping arrangements.
Just my opinion.