My ds is 18mths, is just about climbing out of his cot. He was sleeping in his cot in my room and generally sleeping through 7-6ish so he's gone in to share with dd (5). Usually if he woke up in the night he'd come in with me or he'd scream the place down and wake up dd and we're in a flat with elderly neighbours and paper thin walls so it was the easiest option, he'd just go back to sleep with the exception of colds/ teething etc over the winter.
However, now when he wakes and I bring him in with me he fights to get out of the bed and walk about. He's also climbing and almost getting out of his cot and due to the layout of my room which can't really be changed he could easily smash his head on the chest of drawers if he did, especially in the dark and the early unbalanced days of finding his way out. We have a baby gate on the bedroom door but I can't let him roam for 10 mins because he opens wardrobes and pulls everything out etc.
I would put him in a toddler bed in dd's room but we just came back from a short holiday with a similar set up to that and he wouldn't even lay down to go to sleep at bedtime despite being overtired, he just wanted to get up. At home he's very happy to go to bed in his cot at 7, we had 2 days of 9.30pm screaming whilst away and had to walk him in the pram to go to sleep then getting up at every night waking.
What should I do? Any ideas/ suggestions appreciated.