DS is 8.5months and has been in his own room since 6 months. He is yet to sleep through the night - though for a brief period between about 5 and 9 weeks old he went from midnight to 6am. He then had his imms and about 4 hours is the longest he's slept since then (I doubt whether the 2 are connected but that's what we noticed)
So I often bf him to get him to go back to sleep but this doesn't always work any more.
He's clearly tired; moaning and rubbing his little eyes. So I will speak gently to him to calm him and I will be rocking him in my arms, his eyes will be closed and his thumb in his mouth, his breathing steady as though asleep, I will pop him down, leave a reassuring hand on his back and then take it off. Watch for a few minutes more and then just as I'm about to creep out of the room and back to bed, he will lean up and start babbling, reaching up and holding on to the top of the cot.....
This happened about 8 times last night - it took me over 2 hours to get him to go back to sleep and in the end I brought him back to our bed and held his hand until he fell asleep.
He woke again at 4 and DH took him back to HIS room and DS went back to sleep in - wait for it, 10 mins.
I feel so bad that he won't go back to sleep with me.
ANY ADVICE WELCOMED - it's getting desperate now.
TIA