Hi. I have a two year old son that I adopted from Guatemala. He has been home for one year and has always slept in his crib. We have gone through several phases of sleeping on a twin in his room, or lying down while he falls asleep etc. and for the most part he has been a sleep through the night kind of guy.

Three weeks ago I was out and my husband put him down to bed...same rountine as always .sans mom. Anyway, he screamed bloody murder when my husband left the room. Since that night he refuses to go to sleep in his crib without me sleeping in the room with him. "Mommy lay down too". So, we decided to move him into our room in a pack n play. We have decided that he will just go to bed when we do.

Now..I know there are a million things I probably just said that go against attachment parenting. I am learning and open to change, so please be gentle with me.

We have decided we really like having him in our room. So how do you do this? Do you keep him up till you are ready for bed? I am lost. I really like having him actually in the bed with us, but I don't know how to do it. Do I lay there till he falls asleep and then go finish my evening? That doesn't sound safe. Does he just go to bed when we do? Will he get enough sleep.

School me!
Thanks