Sleep/Bedtime - BIG help needed

Ethan has been sleeping in his single bed for about 3 months now but he has just started going to sleep in it. At first was fine but now is a different story.

When he goes to bed he has his bottle then gets out and comes into the lounge, we put him back and the process just continues.

Last night over the period of 1 hour he got out 35 times, 4 time he brought his pillow with him and 3 times he pulled his deuvet out.

When you put him back in bed he screams (literally) I am lost for ideas. Last night I just got him up and ingored him and he finally fell asleep on the floor in the lounge at 10.45!!!

I have tried to persist but this boy is so stubborn (bl**dy genes), I have tried to put him into his portacot. He will only sleep if either I am in bed with him or if he is in our bed.

Ethan has never gone to bed early and usually goes to bed at 8.30. He still has a 3 hour sleep during the day.

I need this sorted soon because now I am pregnant I am too tired to be up that late at night.

HELP ME!!!

Yeah supernanny also puts them (or more rightly has the parents) put them back to bed as many times as needed, I saw one poor women take her sons back to bed 44 times, but the next night it took less attempts and so on until they knew she meant business.

The other approach I have seen them use for younger children which might be more appropriate is to sit in the room but not look at them, keep putting them back into bed but stay in the room with it dark and no eye contact until they fall to sleep and then leave. I think that they then moved further and further away until they no longer needed to be in the room at all when the child was put to bed.

At a sleep seminar I went to Diane Levy explained a similar tactic where the parent could start by cuddling the child to sleep on a chair in their room and then put the child in bed and sit next to bed, then a week later move the chair to middle of the room, then week later to the door and then after that week not be in the room at all.

Like Nzpiper though I have no experience of this myself so feel free to ignore me.

I close the door on Michaela. She usually goes to bed fine but on the nights that she does get upset if it's just a grizzle I leave her alone and she usually puts herself to bed but if, on the odd occasion, she gets really upset I go in immediately, cuddle her and put her back to bed, sit with her for a bit and then leave clsing the door again. I'll do this as many times as necessary.

The only difference I guess to the Super Nanny or Diane Levy methods is that once we've done our bedtime routine she stays in her room rather than having the option to come into the lounge.

Some nights she'll grizzle a bit then play for a bit before putting herself back to bed but most nights she goes straight to sleep without a worry.

Have you considered putting a child safety gate across the door?

OMG

I can't believe I didn't think of putting the gate up!!!!!!! Thank you so much I will try that one tonight