DD was waking twice a night and I was taking her on the couch to settle her - for similar reasons, with the three of us in bed, I was just not sleeping properly. It was basically slowly killing me! Last weekend we took the mattress off her cot and put it on the floor in her bedroom, and since then she is only waking once, is settling quicker, possibly because I don't have to get her out of bed. I just lie down beside her and she is back to sleep in no time. It's not comfort city but it does beat the couch and I'm back in my own bed faster. We are looking at toddler beds, but in the meantime it seems to be working better for us. Just a thought, HTH