S won't go to sleep at night without needing quite a bit of reassurance. We don't even sleep him in the bedroom until later in the evening - he goes down around 6ish downstairs in the loungeroom so that I can go to him while I'm cooking tea (up and down the stairs while you're trying to cook gets kind of dull after a while!). We recently got him to take the dummy and that helps him settle himself to sleep as well. Also I put on a CD or the radio or even the TV very quietly when I'm getting him ready for bed, even when he's in the bedroom on his own. He's used to the noise during the day and it seems to calm him if he wakes up and we're not there.

Good luck. Hope all of you get some sleep soon!