My son, nearly 2 years old, has complete and utter hysterics almost every time I put him to bed - unless I sit with him. For a long time I have sat with him so that he doesn't cry, and tried to wait until he goes to sleep and then creep out the room without him hearing. But he always wakes up and starts screaming if I leave, and this can go on for hours. It was driving me crazy and didn't seem to be doing him any favours either because he didn't seem able to go to sleep properly with me there. Over Christmas he was awake for long periods in the middle of night and I was sitting with him but to no avail - he simply wouldn't go back to sleep. So I decided to do the controlled crying thing. We had some awful nights where he yelled a lot, but things have improved a bit. But still, tonight for example, I did the controlled crying thing when I put him to bed and it went on for 45 minutes. It's so painful for me and so awful that he gets so stressed. I don't know what to do - if I'm in there, he won't go to sleep properly, but if I leave the room, he will yell for so long. I do the same routine every night - bath, reading, milk, brush teeth, bed. I simply don't know what to do. Any tips?
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