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Hey! I sympathise with your situation. My first child (2 years old) was and still is a bad sleeper (and a vomitter from screaming at bedtime). It's so frustrating! But I also have a 5 month old now so just thought I'd share what our routine is. Might give you some ideas that you might like to try although I'm all too aware that every child is very different. My little one goes to bed about 6-6:30 at night (I was putting him to bed later but he was sleeping terribly, and bringing forward actually made him sleep longer) but I do wake him for a "dreamfeed" about 9pm after which he goes straight back to sleep until at least 4am for another feed (he is still breastfed) but again he goes straight back to sleep until between 6 and 7am. He has 3 naps a day (although not necessarily all long ones) and can only tolerate about 1.5hrs waketime on average. Could your little one be hungry at night perhaps? Or maybe try putting him to bed earlier? I do think temperament has a lot to do with ability to sleep as my 2 children are completely opposite in temperament and one is a good sleeper and one is not. Don't have any suggestions of how to deal with that though. Perhaps Nicole or Kimberly may? I would be interested to hear feedback from your post too. Just remember the sleep deprivation WILL end, you're not alone in your struggles and you obviously love your little one lots! He is lucky to have you.

I got to chat with Nicole today. I was amazed by her insight, and how easily she came up with ideas for my little one. We spoke about schedules, nap times, and his ideal bedtime. Since he gets so worked up that he pukes, she encouraged me to take it even slower for now, and then go back to the method I had picked from her book. Tonight, after his routine, which includes nursing, I let him fall asleep by just holding him. He fussed, cried, screamed, and kept hitting me in the face (I know he didn't mean to, he was just extremely frustrated.) I'm happy to say that after 25 LONG minutes, he is asleep. I'm hoping the rest of the night goes as well, or better  and that he wakes less and less. Thank you Nicole for your time, and awesome tips!

You're right Kimberly! Nicole is the queen of sleep :) She is totally awesome. Our lives are so much better because I can enjoy my spirited son during the day. He is really intense, and has so much energy, and now that we all sleep better, I can play as much as he needs me to.  Nicole's fading techniques helped a ton. My son turned 6 months today, and has only woken to breast feed twice in the last five nights!!! He was a bad sleeper since birth, but his 5th month was the most trying to say the least. Now thanks to Nicole, we are all getting the much needed rest! Tomorrow I will be starting to sleep train for naps. Nicole warned they're not as easy, so we'll see how it goes. Wish me luck! Thanks for the support!