Clarrie -
I too have a beautiful wonderful amazing little boy who just doesn't need/want/desire sleep and I am forever sleep deprived. He is now 15.5 months old, still waking through the night (anywhere from 4-6 times) and most of the other babies in my mothers group were sleeping through at earlier ages as well and I felt quite left out. I'm also one of only two of us (there are 12 in our group) who is still b/f as well so I feel a bit left out in that respect as well. I am still firmly keen to get him to the 2 yr mark and since he loves his boobie I figure we have a good chance of it.
To cope with the night waking I doze on the couch in the early evening, DH helps with the re-settling, I only give him one night feed now, we co-sleep for about half of the night, and if he wakes around 4am and won't settle back to sleep within 5-10 minutes then DH and DS sleep together in the spare room in an effort/attempt to let me get a little bit of sleep.
I hope and pray that DS will start sleeping through the night soon (I would like to get a little bit of sleep before we start TTC #2) but it will happen when it happens. What I get tired of is the people who say: "He will sleep through when..."
- you start solids
- when it gets cooler/warmer
- when he is in a cot
- when he is in his own room
- when he crawls/walks
etc, etc

by the way none of these things have helped!

So essentially I just wanted to offer my support and let you know that there are other sleep deprived mums out there who love their babies, despite the fact that they don't sleep! I think the best thing we could do for each other is just be there for support and a "cyber" shoulder to cry on!