Hello ladies,
I might need to join you, except I have no strategy to deal with our sleep issues so don't know if I can be included in 'those sorting sleep issues'! But I would like a good old whinge with some people who understand....
DS is 12 mo. He has never been a great sleeper, except for 4 glorious weeks between 3-4 months when he consistently went through from 7pm until 5 or 6am, and I have been hanging around on this board on and off for far too long. He occasionally has a good night (or even 2 or 3 in a row) when he just wakes once, but usually it's 2-3 times.
Without going into the whole sorry tale, he now self-settles beautifully at bedtime and for naps. We night weaned him at 9 months so he knows there is no boob when he wakes at nighttime, and he eats like a horse in the daytime so I'm pretty sure he isn't hungry when he wakes. But he continues to wake up every 3-4 hours, sometimes needs a cuddle, sometimes just has a grizzle and puts himself back to sleep, sometimes (like last night) screams for almost 2 hours.
We have tried (in various combinations, but always for a few days before giving up):
earlier bedtimes
later bedtimes
shorter naps
longer naps
calpol when teething suspected
main meal at lunchtime
main meal in evening
lots of daylight in the afternoon
lots of stimulation
less stimulation
loads of exercise
early nights for us
The last one has been a particular failure of late, as DS has taken to waking up at around 10pm, so if we've gone to bed and just drifted off we get woken, or if we've not gone to bed then we don't get to bed until nearer 11pm.
Last night was particularly bad, DS woke at 10.10pm and wouldn't go back to sleep until 12.10pm. Then he woke again at 3.30, then again at 4.30, came into our bed and jumped around for 30 mins, at which point (5am) DP took him downstairs and he slept on the sofa until 7 (DS did, DP did not).
Anyway, I'm all out of ideas now. And very tired!
Sorry, that's long, just needed to share 
. It's good to know we are not alone.