DS2 is 2.3 years, and during the day, a delight. Bedtime, however, is another matter.
Shortly before his 2nd birthday he started to resist his nap () and then started making such a fuss at bedtime about going in his cot, that we started putting him to sleep in the double bed which is still in his room (used to be the spare bedroom).
We would do the whole bedtime routine, and leave the door ajar, and now the whole evening seems to be spent with him escaping from bedroom and either running into brother's bedroom shouting 'I'm back!' or coming to find me wherever I am in the house.
It goes on for ages and ages and, quite frankly, is doing my head in. More often than not I end up getting in to bed with him to get him to go to sleep, which I know is a big no no. He does still occasionally have a nap if out in the buggy at lunchtime, but even on the days when he has no nap, when surely he must be exhausted, he still carries on this new 'routine'. Last night, for example, it was 10 to 9pm before he finally gave in.
We must break this habit. Please help - anyone been through anything similar. Thanks, in advance.