Wow, I might have to try the reverse psychology on my daughter. I don't feel bad letting her CIO (she will be 3 in one month) but it really does get old that she pulls the same thing every night. Letting her read in bed with the light on worked for awhile, but now she is OK if we're in there paying attention to her, but throwing a fit when we leave the room.
With my son I do the "Supernanny" routine. He is 13 mos old, has been in a toddler bed for 2-3 weeks now and was on a mattress on the floor before that, but when he gets out of bed and cries at the door, i go in and put him back in bed, and 99 times out of 100 he just does that once and immediately stops crying and closes his eyes when I put him back in bed. (If I stay in the room his cries will escalate to screaming and throwing himself around and last an hour or longer). Of course Maylie used to go to bed great too, it's just the past 6 months or so she's gotten unbearable.
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With my son I do the "Supernanny" routine. He is 13 mos old, has been in a toddler bed for 2-3 weeks now and was on a mattress on the floor before that, but when he gets out of bed and cries at the door, i go in and put him back in bed, and 99 times out of 100 he just does that once and immediately stops crying and closes his eyes when I put him back in bed. (If I stay in the room his cries will escalate to screaming and throwing himself around and last an hour or longer). Of course Maylie used to go to bed great too, it's just the past 6 months or so she's gotten unbearable.