My DS is 21 months and sleeps in a cot is his own room. He used to be fairly good at being put down and falling asleep on his own albeit maybe a moan or a couple of times going in to settle. But recently he had been crying and standing up and throwing his comforter out of the cot and wanting us to sit in the room while he drifts off.
If I try to leave he stands up and screams again and it's back
To square one.
I don't mind sitting for a bit but sometimes it's 45 mins.
His routine is normally
6pm - bath
6.15pm - pyjamas on
6.30-6.45pm - milk upstairs and some books
7pm - in cot
He doesn't normally fall asleep usually till 7.30pm but as I said he would normally just roll around or chat away.
I don't want him being distressed but also don't want to spend a chunk of my evening sitting in his room pretending to be asleep too.