I called the O'Connell Family Centre and they have sent out paper work to fill in, once i've sent it back and then go on a waiting list to get an interview phonecall.

Tweedle called me and we had a good chat but she was saying how i was quite a ways from where they are. Not sure if i was talking to the Geelong one or the Melbourne one. She was saying i'd be better off going to QEC. So anyway we had a chat and she spoke about what i should do and obviously it'd be the same thing as they'd do if i was there.

I can't remember what she called the method now but it only ever involves leaving the room for 10-20 seconds at a time which i dont' really do anyway. Not sure if this helps the situation but i prefer to stay in there and try to settle her to sleep that way. Just reasuring her the whole time. After speaking to you guys we were having what i'd call good nights where she'd wake every 4ish hours without any going back to sleep issues (this is when i get all confused about what i want to do because it's easy and it works) but then two nights ago she wanted to do 2 hours and i decided No. So i stayed with her, yes she cried, i picked her up when she was upset and put her back in her cot once she was getting sleepy again. Took some time but she was starting to fall asleep. Eventually DH walked in to see if i needed any help and i took it as my chance to say it's your turn and walked out. He said he just spoke to her, didn't have to pick her up and she fell asleep. She then woke at 6am for the day. Last night she woke about 10ish and i fed her, she then woke again ant 1ish and we tried the settling again. Didn't take as long, she still cracked it a bit but it was ok. She woke again at 3ish i think which took less time to settle again. I go in to her and do my bit then i get DH, with DH she really knows that she won't be getting a feed.

I understand that even this would not be the preferred methods for some but for me i needed to take this approach. We are about to go on holidays so i realise my timing isn't great because to ensure we don't wake the whole caravan park up i may not be able to stick with this but that's ok i'll deal with that. I just need to feel like i'm doing something to help the both of us. She still wakes up in the morning her happy little self and gives me those big beautiful hugs. She still loves me

Goodness Danni, how are you managing that? I went through a stage of DD doing that Oct-Nov last year, i feel your pain. I'm here to chat if you need me

Sleep school was always my last resort but i just knew i needed to do something. I'll try this for now and after our holiday we'll see how we settle back in and take it from there i think.

Thanks so much for all your support i really appreicate it