Should I Be Frustrated ?

I don't know how many mothers/fathers are out there with a toddler, who has never experienced one night of at least 5-6 hours of sleep continuous. If you've not, congratulations; if you have, join the club!

I think I have whinged & whined many times about how poor a sleeper Bryan is since the day he was born (Day 2 to be precise - Day 1, I think he was still drugged with the epidural that I was on LOL). I thought the days (or nights) of restless sleep will be over by the time he turned 6 months. The 6 month milestone came and went....then I told myself, maybe it will change overnight so let's wait till he's a year old. Now, THAT came and went as well, and guess what? This mummy (& daddy) is still not getting a full night's worth of sleep! The little fella (who has comfortably taken his place in our bed) wakes up 3-4 times a night, crying but with his eyes closed. It takes me 5 seconds to pat him back to dreamland, but Mummy is wide awake for the next hour. I'd asked many other parents and these are the feedback that I'd obtained:

(1) He's over-stimulated during the day so he has nightmares - maybe, but EVERYNIGHT???
(2) He's hungry - I really doubt this one as he fueles up pretty well before going to bed
(3) He's a light-sleeper so he wakes up when he wee-wees - Doubt this one too because he's ok with naps & I'm sure he wee-wees then as well
(4) It's habitual - BINGO?

Anyway, as I fell ill with fever & sore throat 2 days ago, dear VT asked me to sleep on the spare bed in his study so that I could get complete rest at night, which I had been. Let me tell you - it feels so so so good to be able to snooze the night through. I wake up earlier than usual because I had my good share of zzzzzz. I had come to be point of being so tired & frustrated about this that it was affecting my mood. But perhaps other parents go through this and not b*tch about it as much as I do?

So Mummies & Daddies, what do ya think?