Baby only sleeps for an hour at a time

[FairfaxAikman]

DS is 11 months old and a truly terrible sleeper, always has been.

He started out in a next2me cot but due to BFing and poor sleep we took to bed sharing. This wasn't so bad when he had the next2me to roll into.
He's now outgrown that and we've moved the big cot into our room but I can so rarely get him into it and when we bedshare I'm terrified he's going to roll off the side doesn't come off to attach it to put bed) so we sleep in a position with his head resting on my arm and my hand/arm along his back (he's a side sleeper). I know this position isn't ideal but I can get up to three hours out of him like this.

If I do get him in the cot I get an hour maximum and he wakes absolutely screaming and cannot self settle - he has to be fed back to sleep.
He has a myHummy and we've tried various combinations of bedding (currently in thin sleepsuit with toddler duvet as he seems to hate the restrictions of a sleeping bag.

Controlled crying makes him hysterical and I'm at a loss as to what to do. I'm back at work and in all honesty I don't know how I'm managing to function.

How do I make him sleep longer?

Op poor you l don't know how you are surviving on so little sleep!

Although it is polarising on here, l had amazing results with the Gina Ford Contented Baby book and routines, and l never did controlled crying or left my dcs alone to cry it out.

The whole routine in the day suited mine at whatever age they were at ,and so the nights were good, my DD slept from 7.30pm ( with a night feed at 10.30pm) until 5.30am at 4 and a half months.
My ds the same at 6 months..

But l was very committed to the daytime routines to achieve this.

I cannot cope without sleep so made it my priority to very gradually put them to sleep in their own cots from 6 weeks old, and very gradually withdraw letting them settle (never getting distressed or howling )

I wouldn't have had a clue without Gina fords routines and found it brilliant.

Good luck op!

In a really similar situation currently OP, I've "made" bed guards for my bed using two swimming pool foam noodles which sit under the sheet. They work well and I'm less worried about him rolling out now.
So can't help with your main problem-wish I could but really recommend pool noodle bed guards!! :)

I had three appalling sleepers. Used a real bed guard to stop them rolling out and just always bedshared to get enough (well, some) sleep.

I feel for you OP, I've lost count the amount of times I've cried to myself. DD also 11 months and will wake every 45 mins to 2 hours and has done so since birth. Only thing that really settles is being breastfed back to sleep. That of course means it takes me ages to fall back to sleep. No real suggestions other than really hope it passes!

I too am in the exact same situation. DS is 10 months old and has started waking up every hour. He will cry until he is breastfed. Both me and my husband have tried rocking him to sleep but he will arch his back and scream until he is fed. He has never been a great sleeper and is too active to self settle. Even for his naps, I have to hold him tight to stop him from squirming and getting away and rock him to sleep. I am at my wits end with such disrupted sleep. I want to stop breastfeeding once he turns 1 but not sure how that is going to work. Any suggestions from anyone who has faced similar issue?