With DD, I fed her to sleep till she was about 7months old, when it just stopped working at night, so changed to patting to sleep - but I think she was ready for it, so it only took 2 nights to get her to sleep this way with absolutely no tears. Day time, however, was a completly different matter -nothing worked, apart from either a feed or a walk in the pram. Most of the time, I chose to go for a walk. It was much better for both of us - I didn't get stressed that she wasn't going to sleep, I lost the last of my baby weight and DD went back to having great sleeps. As time got on, she'd only need to get in her pram at nap time to fall asleep, which was great on wet days! But, about 9months later, DH put her in her cot for a sleep and she slept really well - so now she just sleeps wherever suits us best at the time.