Background: DD was a reluctant sleeper. DD first time she slept for 5 hours was at 15 months. blah blah these days most nights she sleeps in her own bed all night.

DS is awake hourly overnight. He was sleeping 7pm ish - 11 or 12, but now this is only couple hours and then hourly from then on. He starts night in hammock, and then into our bed. doesn't always want to feed, but wants to be sat up (and then settles) or patted or cuddled.

BUT, i got him to sleep at 6 ish, and then got up a little later leaving him on the bed with DH (but DH not touching him) and now he has slept for 3 hours.

Yesterday, (after another rough night) he has breaky, shower, boob, ..... and i put him to bed in the hammock and he slept for 4 hours.

Could i be waking him overnight? it would take awhile to get him to sleep and transferred to hammock (or to sleep in hammock). (don't know if i cbf) but would it help?

is it something that i do that means my kids don't sleep? or am i doing the best i can, given that my kids take awhile to work out sleep? i don't know anymore.