We have a 2 year old son, and we've gotten in a bad habit of staying in his room until he falls asleep. We used to rock him and hold him until he fell asleep - but now he's too big to hold, so we sit next to his crib until he falls asleep (terrible habits, I know...). This often times takes up to one hour every night! If we try to leave the room, he screams and screams and almost hyperventilates until we come back. We have a 4 month old in the next room, so we can't let him scream or the baby will wake up. How do we break this habit?? he's not afraid of his room or crib - he just tosses and turns and stands up and talks and takes forever to wind down. We always start bath time at 7pm, read books afterwards, and we turn out the lights at 8pm. He doesn't fall asleep until 9pm or sometimes later. Sometimes we fall asleep in the room!
