Kelsbels - your story sounds like mine, went through hell with DD1 doing all the stuff the CHN was telling me, i was close to a breakdown from sleep deprivation when she was 18m.. it was all horrid. With DD2 i promised my self to do every day what was least stressfull for us both.
So we fed to sleep, she was rarely in the cot and slept on the king single in her room or our bed, while i always fed her to sleep in her room she joined us/me during the night. She is now coming up to 3, when we night weaned it took 4 nights and no more than some whinging and being put out on her part. If feeding to sleep went out the window i put her in a carrier and went for a walk, but that was only half a dozen nights during teething.
She now either sleep the night in her bed 7pm till 6ish, or wakes and come crawls in with me and resettles next to me hapily. She is talking about wanting to sleep in the bunks in her big sisters room, which is our aim..
With DD2 I went more with the flow. We co slept straight away and thankfully meant I we got about 5-6 hrs over night in those early weeks.
I did find though, after awhile (6 months I think) she became very difficult to settle, as I was doing what worked for DD1, which was feed to sleep in the hustle and bustle of the lounge room. I worked out that I needed to try with her what did not work with DD1, which was a quiet, dark room. I found she started to settle quicker, we still fed to sleep, but even then I was finding that she would sometimes push me away. Overall she has been much better at putting herself to sleep than DD1, she just still wakes a bit.
So I just suggest, do what makes life easier to start with, but don't be afraid to try a bit of self settling/less hands on approach if you think both you and bubs are ready I would certainly not force anything though.
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I would certainly not force anything though.
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