Ds (8 mo) is on a slowly improving night time pattern but improvement is very slow - he still wakes up twice a night wanting (and I think probably needing) a feed. When I mention it to people they usually say some variant of "you need to do controlled crying". I'm not particularly bothered by his sleeping patterns at the moment, even though I'm going back to work next week - it's relatively easy to deal with and I'm coping fine with the broken nights.
Now, I don't have anything against cc per se (we used it very successfully with dd at 12 months when her sleeping became impossible to manage) but I do feel that given time he'll just work it out on his own and therefore there's no point putting him and us through that now. Plus with going back to work, change in childcare etc he's got a lot to get used to, and he's such a very jolly little soul during the day that he's obviously thriving...
But when I said that to someone today they gave me a horrified look and said that I was crazy to think that he would start sleeping through of his own accord any time soon. So, give me some encouraging words - tell me about all your little darlings who got the message eventually without you having to intervene. Or am I being hopelessly naive?