Ds (almost 7 months) has never been going to win any awards for his sleeping - he has typically woken every 2-3 hours since he was born. However, he'd just stir and wake up, have a quick feed and then go back to sleep.
For about the last 2 weeks he has been waking up every 1-2 hours and crying, and he will feed and go back to sleep but then usually starts crying again the minute I put him back in his cot. Most nights I've ended up with him asleep on my chest from about 3/4 - he goes straight to sleep quite happily like this, obviously it's not so great for me!
I'm basically exhausted after 7 months of no more than 2 hrs consecutive sleep and am finding it very hard to deal with even less gap between his wake ups. We co slept for the first 3 months, and I didn't get any more sleep then as I found it really uncomfortable and I have never mastered feeding lying down so I still had to sit up to do that anyway. After co sleeping he went in to a bedside cot, and he is still right next to me although the side is up because he rolls so much now.
DH is no help whatsoever, he sleeps in the spare room and thinks I should just leave him to cry, and no matter how many times I tell him that will not bd happening in a million years he still keeps suggesting it. He doesn't deal with any of the night wakings himself.
Any ideas/cup of tea and sympathy gratefully received.