My wife and I have a 27 month old boy who has been crawling out of his crib since 17 months old. We took the front off his crib to convert it to a toddler bed. This is safer but easier for him to get out. At bedtime we have let him lay with us in bed and read a book or 2 and let him fall asleep in our bed then we put him in his crib. He will stay there most of time, once in awhile he wakes during the night and comes into our bedroom and we can let him fall asleep and take him back to his room. We start bedtime around 8:30 and he is always willing to go to our bed. Some nights he is sleep by 9 and other nights it isn't until after 11. Most the time by 9:30 but our question is what can we do to make him understand that at night time he needs to fall asleep in his own bed? We have tried putting him in his bed and staying with him or reading books but he cries and wants to go to our room. We can have him asleep much faster by letting him fall asleep with us than we can be sitting in his room with him and trying to calm him down to fall asleep. Many nights he is so worked up he is gasping for breath he is so upset. It is difficult on our time together in bed and we can not seem to make the transition because you can not reason with a 2 year old. Any advise?

check out www.baby-love.co.za , perhaps you could get somone from there to come help you with sleep training. Good luck