I have a 16m DS He's never been a good sleeper I haven't had more than 3 hours sleep in a row since he was born but that really is a luxury and so rare, I usually get an hour or so if I'm lucky and that is the norm every single night. We are only in a 1 bed flat so are in the same room, he doesn't wake out of hunger just seems to need the comfort and he doesn't want DH at all during the night time. I work full time, he is still BF at night, I never thought I'd still be BF now but its the only way I can get some sleep. He has never had a problem getting to sleep, but it's the staying asleep that is the problem. When he wakes anywhere from 10.30pm its often difficult to re settle him back into his cot so he just ends up in our bed with the boob. But I don't want him in my bed and I want to wean him off the boob but its my ticket to some very little but much needed sleep. So sorry for the rant but I'm really at my wits end. I dont want him to cry it out, but last night my back was hurting from having carried him and when he woke for the third time in 70 mins I just tried to sshhh him as he stayed in the cot. He screamed at me for an hour an a half until i got so upset i gave in and brought him into the bed. i dont know the best person to ask in RL and any HV ive met so far I dont like so dont want to talk to them about it.
Thanks for anybody listening!