DS is a fantastic baby (if I do say so myself!), very contented and rewarding to be with....in the day. At night, though, it's a completely different story. He's never been a super-sleeper but when he was 3-4 months he was waking 2-3 times a night, which I could cope with fairly happily. However, for the past couple of months, I haven't had more than 3 hours continuous sleep at a time - he wakes usually every 1-2 hours in the night. If he's in his cot I try to rub his tummy and soothe him but it's pointless - he only settles with a feed (or more accurately a comfort suck on the boob). If I have the energy he will re-settle by being taken out of the cot, woken up properly, and going through his bedtime routine again (playing with a toy/teether, and having a sound and light dream show thingy). However, I'm just too knackered to do that every time he wakes up, and now he's in bed with us. It's easier not having to get up all the time but being in bed doesn't do that much to improve his sleep TBH - he wakes up just as much, and although sometimes a cuddle sends him back off to sleep, 90% of the time I have to let him comfort suck. He's not a clingy baby at all and I wonder why at night he's still after this comfort. He's just cut a couple more teeth but I don't know whether to blame it on that as he shows no sign of discomfort during the day. Is he just addicted to boob? I tried controlled crying once, but never again - I found it very distressing, not to mention DS! He's been on solid food for a couple of weeks now, but no signs of improvement. Oh, and there is one more thing - we've just got back from a trip to Australia. The REALLY bad sleeping started just after we arrived there. I know that the bad sleeping could be down to a change in environment etc - but we were staying in the same place for over a month, surely he should have got used to it in that time? I drive myself mad trying to work out what the reason could be. I am passionate about breastfeeding but I can't help but wonder that if he were bottlefed I wouldn't have this problem, as we'd have been forced to settle him with other methods. Sorry it's such a long post, but please help, I am absolutely knackered! I spend 12 hours in bed with him just so I can get enough sleep and I have no life outside of this endless sleeplessness!