It's threads like this that make me so grateful for my mum I didn't even know co-sleeping was a "thing" until I joined BB - isn't it normal for babies and young kids to sleep in their parents' beds when they need to?
LOL same here...I was like 'oh what is has a special name?' I just thought all babies slept with their parents, that's what my sister and I did until we were ready for own beds.

Don't stress Sue, my son is 13 months and (apart from a brief stint when he was around 4 months) has never slept longer than 5 hours straight through the night. I figure he will do it when he is ready and I'm sure your little one will too How well they sleep is certainly not a reflection of your parenting skills.