[MsTee72]

I need help/advice on how to get my 3 yr. old nephew to go to sleep on his own (without anyone in the room with him), and to stay in bed without getting up to come looking for me.

I also need help on how to transition him to sleep in the bedroom with my child (which has twin beds) rather than sleeping in my room.

I brought my nephew a roll away bed to put by my bed so he wouldn't continue to wake me in the middle of the night by crying in the room with my child. However, he won't stay in his roll away bed until he falls asleep. If I put him down to go to sleep he hollers and cries, and gets up to come in the living room with me. If I take him back, he still hollers & cries and comes back again.

So I tried letting him lay on the sofa (while I'm in the living room) and watch tv until he falls asleep, then I will take him to his bed. The problem is - he wakes up a few hours or so later and if I'm not in the bedroom he comes looking for me (crying & hollering). He won't go back to bed unless I am in the room with him. I usually have to lay with him until he falls asleep and I feel like I don't have any time to do anything that I need. I wish I could lay him down to go to sleep while I do what I need to, but I don't know how to go about getting him to do this. He was sleeping in his own bed and room before he started staying with me, but he won't do it at my home. He always says he's scared.

If he sleeps in the room with my child he won't be alone, but he doesn't want to sleep in there. And if i put him in there he will come in my room in the middle of the night and holler & cry. I have to work and my child has to go to school so I try to keep him from doing that.

Does anyone have any advice for me? Also, could you tell me what you think the proper bedtime for a 3 yr. old is? He does have trouble getting up in the mornings.