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Nope! She will usually call for me if she hears me trying to escape. I have tried the "be right back" bit but it doesn't work with her!

Every night and at nap time!

I have never stayed in the room until she falls asleep. She's 26 months and I always put her in bed awake and walk out for naps and bedtime. I don't mind if she talks to herself and is awake for a bit before falling alseep. Sometimes she talks to herself for an hour or more before falling asleep at bedtime. - I think she's processing everything that happened during the day. Sometimes she falls asleep right away and sometimes it takes longer but I don't stay in the room

@MrBee: We've been doing exactly as you described, sometimes we'll be right back up to 5 times
Whatever works !!

Yes, both kids are awake when I leave the room.

Yep! I never wait for either kid to fall asleep. I leave and they fall asleep on their own.

We've never been able to stay in her room. It wakes her up! We have to put her in her crib and promptly leave, or else!

Every night, I've always put her down "sleepy" since she was 6 months old. I didn't want her to "need" me to sleep. So we rock & read 2-3 books, and I give kisses and hugs and put her in the crib and she cuddles with blanket and is out.

@SugarplumsMom: same here! one time i had to fix the curtain in LO's room after putting him down for his nap and he got really upset, stood up and started crying! As soon as I left he went to sleep.

After we put him in his crib, we make a very quick exit. Can't stay in his room for more than a few seconds or else he'll stand up/cry. Made that mistake about twice in the last year I think. As soon as we leave he either goes right to sleep or plays a few minutes, then falls asleep.

We had great sleepers who didn't need us to stay in the room until we moved to floor beds. Now it's very touch and go. My DS will sometimes let us leave, and other times he will bang on the door and say very sad things. There are also some nights that we will stay until he falls asleep because it is too sad. This from very disciplined CIO'ers in the past (when they were babies).

Every night. Some days take longer than others for LO to fall asleep, but he always falls asleep eventually. I think what helps him is taking a couple books to bed with him, usually the ones we've just read. One days when he's not drowsy enough I see him in the monitor reading.