DS is not able to settle himself to sleep and has always been like this no matter what we've tried (gradual retreat has worked for short periods but after lots of effort he soon falls back to old ways).
Sometimes he falls asleep while we read his stories but on nights he doesn't I'd like to leave him with some kind of light/star projector and audio sleep stories as after 4 years of sleep hell I'm feeling I can't deal with the drawn out bedtimes - I'm just too exhausted at the moment. He wakes 1-2 times in the night for me so I do co-sleep through the night.
Any ideas? He says he's scared of the dark but if I leave his lamp on he won't sleep at all. He really struggles to fall asleep - he even asks to go out in the car as he knows he's tired and ready to sleep and would fall to sleep easily in the car.