[Starblossom]

DS is 10 months old and still waking every couple of hours. Anywhere between 6 and 14 times a night.

No signs of sleeping through yet.

He will sleep for a few hours in a row one day won't he?

[libbylu]

Maybe. My DS was pretty terrible too and we finally cracked at 14 months and followed the method in this book:
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/tweddl...1864710960.aspx
which is essentially 'controlled comforting'. Then he started sleeping through the night after four nights. I know lots of people on this forum are against these kind of interventions, but if I had another child like this I would have done it from around 10 or 11 months, because I reckon they are old enough to understand then that you are not abandoning them. I wouldn't do it with a young baby.
DS was so much happier during the day because he was finally getting proper sleep and I was rescued from a near depressive state into being a loving mummy again. That's just my experience.

[Majeix]

Sure he will. I hear teenagers sleep lots!

(My kids didn't for a long time but they did eventually it was just a matter of trying to get as much sleep as I could and waiting for it to pass.)

This post has been edited by Majeix: 19/08/2012, 12:15 AM

[redkris]

Without training him to self settle? Not necessarily CC, but other gentle methods?
Probably not any time soon, sorry.
You did ask...

[Starblossom]

The problem is, that I am my own worst enemy. DS sleeps in our bed and I'm not ready to attempt to move him into his own cot and room yet. DH and I discussed it but I just can't do it yet. DS is my teddy bear. I guess while he's still in our bed I have no hope of him sleeping through.

ETA: I don't mind that it's not soon, I just hope one day he'll sleep for a 4 or 5 hour block!

This post has been edited by Starblossom: 19/08/2012, 12:17 AM

[Kwyjibo]

I hope that he does sometime soon for you OP. I really do.

But if being on parenting sites has taught me one thing, it is that some babies just do not sleep through the night

I really wish I had the answers for you. Especially as DD2, even though not as a great sleeper as DD1 (CC), still manages to sleep through the night 70% of the time (in my bed with me, no cot would do).

This post has been edited by DonutHead: 19/08/2012, 12:29 AM

[hiccamups]

Totally. My 1-2hrly waker is now 8 and my best sleeper. She's been like that since about 3yo. Feels like forever OP but you'll one day look back and barely remember it.

[Sunnycat]

But if being on parenting sites has taught me one thing, it is that some babies just do not sleep through the night

This post has been edited by Sunnycat: 19/08/2012, 12:32 AM

[hiccamups]

I guess while he's still in our bed I have no hope of him sleeping through.

Not true. He'll sleep through when he's ready and that will be in your bed or not. DD2 is still with us and sleeps through. She's always been with us.

[AvadaKedavra]

Without training him to self settle? Not necessarily CC, but other gentle methods?
Probably not any time soon, sorry.
You did ask...

This.

These threads surprise me. There seems to be one every couple days. With the same advice being dispensed ad nauseum. That being - if you don't care about being woken up incessantly, then its not a problem. If it is a problem, then YOU need to teach your child to self-settle and sleep.

These things don't magically happen on their own, in a timeframe that all parents are happy with. It is of course a fact that by school age most kids will have learnt to self-settle and sleep al night. And most teenagers are unrousable. What happens before then is up to you.