Hun, it actually sounds to me like your DD is doing really well. She is still so young and most babies that age do need 8 - 12 feeds in 24 hours. And when things are going well trying to change things can break everything. You know what they say - if it ain't broke don't fix it!

Very soon she will start to sleep longer at night, and go longer between feeds during the day. And she will find her own pattern - be it feed-play-sleep or feed-play-feed-sleep - whatever is right for her. The easiest way to get a routine working is to let her set the pace. It is much harder to do it the other way around.