Hi Danstar,

My baby was doing exactly the same thing. She was sleeping through the night, but during the day all bets were off. i was having to nurse her all day because the moment i put her back in her cradle she would wake up.
things started to turn around when we went to o'connell family centre. i found that feeding her in bed in the morning would help, she would generally have a good sleep afterwards. i found she also liked sleeping in a cot in a dark room. they suggested holding her hands together on her chest and rocking her, and also keeping a hand over her eyes because she might try to engage you.
i must admit that i have recently tried her on a couple of bottles of formula per day, and she seems to settle better on it. she also seems to be much better when feeding in a quiet calm environment, when i am relaxed also.
i also find that if i give her a dummy and cuddle her into me so that the dummy doesn't fall out, and incidently she feels like she's on the breast, within 5-10 minutes she goes to sleep, i can put her down and she will sleep.
Have you spoken to your MCHN about a day stay program? one of the girls in my mothers group also had this problem and she said that it really helped her.
I hope this might help - hang in there, it will get better!

Allison