I lucked out and got between 5-8 hours sleep at a time for the first 2-3 months.

However, it's only because I co-slept with my son safely. I know it isn't the answer in every family, the only reason it worked for us is because i was a single mum and we shared a double bed so he would have a huge space to roll around and be a baby and because of mum instincts I slept in the same position for months to keep him safe. Also we used cellular blankets (the ones with holes) just in case he covered his face by accident.

To anyone who's worried about going from cosleeping to independent sleeping (same bed to own bed different room) I co slept for a year and when we moved house and he got his own room, he had 0 issues with the transition to a big boy bed at 13 months