How do I deal with my 13mo jack-in-a-box?

[LaTristesse]

DS has been doing this bloody annoying thing for weeks now where I lay him down at bedtime, he rolls over and stands up. We usually repeat this 30+ times until he finally drops off. Everyone said this would stop when he learned to walk, but he's been mobile for a fortnight now and he's still playing pop-up.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to do? It seems like an instinct thing - he stands rather than rolls back over.... and I'm sure it annoys him as much as me!
Thanks

Anyone? Please...! Bedtimes are so frustrating at the moment...

What happens if you just leave him to it? Mine used to crawl around and probably stand up sit down but since I didn't stay with him he just went to sleep. Now it's a different story since he is a verbal 2 year old.

Surely he can lie down himself if he can walk?

Agree with dycey - put him down and leave him to it. Sounds like it's all become a bit of a game - Mummy lies me down, up I get, she lies me down again, up I get again, ooh this is fun! You might find that once he no longer has an audience for his jack-in-a-boxing, he stops bothering and goes to sleep.

Might also be worth trying a sleeping bag if he is not already in one - makes it that bit harder to stand up in the first place!

Thanks for the replies ladies!
If I leave him he cries. To be honest if I leave the room he cries. I have to wait til he's dropped off. Do you think I'm pandering to him, that he needs some tough love?!
Sometimes he'll wake in the night and stand too (then cries so I come) - when I lay him down he's straight back off.
Do you think I should leave him to it?
(Dycey, I'm not sure if he can lay himself down - I've never seen him do it!)

No don't leave him if you don't want to! My ds settled alone between 7 and 22 months but now I am staying in his room - he gets anxious if I leave etc. I was lucky all that time as he didn't cry.

I guess you need to focus on getting him to practise lying down when awake. Just from experience my ds could do it as soon as he was mobile - walking at 10 months.

Could you start doing gradual withdrawal and move away from the cot?

Why not experiment with not putting him down and seeing what happens? Read a book next to him? Not focus your attention on him.

Bit rich coming from me I type as I sit on ds' doorway!

That's a lovely reply Dycey thanks! I'll definitely try and get him to lay down whilst he's awake.
I try and get a bit further from the cot every night, but I think he's rumbled me - I will stick with this though, I think it's worth persevering with, but I can't just leave altogether! Reading a book is a good idea - I reckon he'll get jealous though - he loves his books!
Thanks again for taking the time to reply!