Well, the title says it all really. DS has been sleeping through, from anywhere between 7 and 10 until 6/7 since he was three months! I know! He's always been reliant on the boob to go off but had started to settle himself once we stirred him after a feed. Then teething started and he became less settled. No teeth yet. Just the last month he has cried every time he's put in his cot. I can't even put him down next to me and co-sleep without him crying. He has to be either in my arms or on my boob. This is progress as we did have a point where he only settled for the latter.
I've tried pick up, put down but only got as far as ten times cos eventually he won't even settle in my arms and has to go on the boob so it feels like it just agitates. I also find myself getting frustrated at this as he's fine until I put him down. He sleeps in his cot for pockets ranging from 5 minutes to 2 hours. If he wakes after 5 minutes he needs me to settle him. If he wakes after two hours he sometimes settles himself and goes back off. We have a bedtime routine that we follow, although it's not always at the same time as some nights he just wasn't tired. Once we get the first sleepy signal we're off - pjs on early cos he's not keen on getting changed, feed downstairs, final nappy change, story, feed in bed with me. He sometimes comes off me and sleeps until moved. He used to come off me and then settle in his cot. As soon as I pick him up he settles. As soon as I put him down he cries. Sometimes he won't settle unless back on the boob. Whether this be for a feed and therefore some sleepy hormone, or just the comfort. He won't settle for DH. I'm feeling a little shackled. He's a good baby, rarely cries. I'm not prepared to do any controlled crying. As he rarely cries it's just too distressing for all concerned. Independent during the day. Can leave him playing in his cot for up to 15 minutes quite happily. Just night time. Any thoughts? I need some advice please, if not just reassurance that it won't be like this forever! Thanks!