Lee, dont feel bad and dont feel guilty. You're not at all a bad mummy - Youre just doing wht is working for you and what you feel is best for you and your gorgeous little girl. Some of the mums in my mums group are also doing CC, and sometimes I'll hear them say things like "oh she cried for 25 minutes and I just let her do it.. eventually she just fell asleep" or "we only had to do CC for a few nights and now he is sleeping through.."
Personally, I cant do it, I cant listen to her being so upset like that knowing that I'm not coming to help her. I dont like the idea of being sad and stressed when I'm trying to fall asleep myself, so why should I put her through that? but, I'm not about to go and tell people not to do CC. If it works for them, then thats cool and good on them for finding something that works and that theyre comfortable with.

My little girl is 7.5 months and she still wakes up 2 or 3 times overnight. Sometimes a bum pat will send her back to sleep, but then she usually wakes up half an hour later. Its so much easier for her to fall back to sleep if I breastfeed her bck to sleep... Yes, I would love to sleep more than 2 hours at a time, but at the moment its not going to happen. I hate when people ask "so is she sleeping through yet?". I have started saying "sleeping through what? yes, she sleeps through stuff..."

I have had lots of people tell me that Claire seems like such a happy and calm baby. I live in a unit, so I live extremely close to my neighbours and they all ask me if she ever cries becuse they dont hear her..

anyway, Better to do something you are happy to do, rather than something that makes you unhappy...

Youre doing great, Lee, so dont make yourself feel bad for doing it your way.