Spending too much time with him

We've had our JRT for almost a week. He's about 10 weeks old now, and he's doing real good. Sleeps all through the night, hasn't started barking yet, and he's very good at going out to use the bathroom. He's had a few accidents, but it's usually because he wasn't taken out long enough, or often enough. My question is, are we spending too much time with him? He sleeps in our spare bathroom, in a crate with the door open. We just close bathroom door. The only time we've actually locked him in the crate was during a ride in the car, and he always falls asleep right away. When he gets overly "nippy" we just close the bathroom door for occasional time-outs, maybe 5-10 minutes. He whines/howls for awhile, but then quiets down. We've left him alone a few times, but no more than an hour or 2. I work all day, but my wife spends the whole day with him. He always wants to follow us around, and sit or play in the same room. He's got a small bed he likes to sit in, while enjoying one of his chewy toys. As long as my wife or I are in the room, he's ok. When we leave him alone, he crys. Are we spending too much time with him? Should we get him used to being alone more often? Sooner or later we're going to have to leave him locked up alone for more than a couple hours. Should we lock him in the crate, or is the small bathroom fine? We leave a puppy pad with him, he has used it a couple times, pee only, but i think he prefers going outside.

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