THANK YOU, Santosha, that absolutely helped. I'll have a talk with him before bed tomorrow and we'll see how we go. I feel much better about the whole thing, regardless. DS is definitely tenacious and I'm sure he'll think up some new and wonderful ways to keep me interacting with him, but I think I'll start leaving the room for small stretches and see if we can work torwards getting him to fall asleep without my presence. Thanks again!