Glad to hear you've had some success with DS sleeping Lou - hopefully it will be repeated again and again till it's the norm. And we know all about sneaky bed sharers here ... our DS1 has a masters degree in this discipline!

As for us, we seem to be going ok with DS1 self settling since DH and I finally put an end to us laying down next to him for up to 45 mins while he settled and finally went to sleep. He will have a little cry (usually no more than 5 mins and getting less each day/night) and then nods off. Only trouble is ... he's falling asleep behind his closed bedroom door !! I tend to leave him there during the day, but we move him after 20 or so mins at night. And lest anyone envisions a "poor", sobbing DS scratching pitiously away at a closed bedroom door at night, begging to be let out ... I promise he's not that distraught! Well ... maybe there IS a little bit of pitious scratching and begging Yes, I'm joking.

One thing at a time though, we'll get on top of him self-settling to sleep, and then tackle his sneaky bed sharing habit.