My boy was the same. He started sleeping though the night when he was 10!!!!!!!! Slept in with me until then aswell, Altho he would start off in his own bed and would then be awake at 10pm, 12am, 1am, 3am and then up for the day between 5 and 6am
so he would get in with me when he woke at 10ish but would then want to hold my hand ALL night, if I moved and let go he woke up and asked for it back again. He’d be up in the morning bouncing off the walls, skip off to school, come home and continue to bounce off the walls all night until bedtime. I was literally a walking zombie every day
trying to get through a full time job and do the general life stuff you have to do with him and his sister. We were told he had separation anxiety and kept waking to check I was still there hence the need to be touching!! We didn’t know it at the time but he has since been diagnosed with ADHD,ODD and has a lot of autistic traits but they overlap with ADHD!!
It’s a killer but it’s what you do right, as a parent in the real world!! Xx