DS1 turned two in July and we recently took the side rails off his cot. He used to be a great sleeper - put him in his cot, walk away and he'd go to sleep. Now it takes up to two hours of me sitting next to him repeatedly asking him to get back into bed or to lie down. Doesn't matter what time I put him to bed it still takes at least one hour. As I also have a nine week old baby (who is a terrible sleeper) I don't really have two hours to do this and it's driving me batty.

So my question is, would you persevere with the toddler bed or put the side rails back on? I don't want to make things worse by putting the rails on again but I'm fast running out of patience and sanity. I've tried leaving him in his room but he destroys all his books/toys so doesn't really work.

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