Haha... that's what I tell myself too - 'he's not going to be 20 years old & sleeping with mummy, breastfeeding to sleep etc'

Around the 10 month age, ds's sleep went bananas too (he's 14 months now). He was waking all the time & really hard to settle. Previously I would bf him, lay him down, say 'night, buddy', walk out & within 10 minutes he'd be asleep. No crying, fussing etc. I thought I'd won the lottery!

I think it was around 12 months things started to get better... by 13 months I could leave him to put himself to sleep again. I think in the end he just needed more comfort, with me being there with him. Holding his hand while he was laying I his cot, extra feeds during he night, cuddle in our bed to get to sleep etc. It was an intensely tiring time, I was so, so exhausted. It was taking at least an hour to get him to bed at night, to then have him wake 40 mins later. Then 2 hrs later etc. I didn't remember being that sleep deprived when he was a newborn. Eventually I noticed that me sitting with him was actually keeping him up, and I started leaving him again. Surprisingly he went to sleep by himself again.

Anyway, hopefully this phase passes soon for you so you can get some sleep. Xx