for me, the night time wakings are an absolute killer.... sometimes i could be up 10 times a night, and combined with being unable to get back to sleep (ME!), it was absolutely doing my head in. sometimes i would just fall back to sleep when she would be wanting me again. A few weeks ago i started taking her to bed with me after her last feed for the night, anywhere between 10.30pm-1am.... it has pretty much solved most of my problems (except with my relationship with DP who doesn't sleep with us).... sometimes i have to sleep propped up holding her but at least i am in bed and it is warm and i can get back to sleep much easier than when i am lying in bed wondering how long before she is going to wake etc.

friends and family are always commenting on how i really should be persisting and trying to get her to sleep in her own cot, but i think why spend an hour or two trying to get her to go back to sleep, and then being up through the night, when i could just take her to bed with me. It works better for ME this way and means i get more sleep. I haven't actually tried to get her to sleep in her cot after the last feed in a while, so who knows, maybe she would, but it means i can't sleep as i am laying there wondering how long its going to last! haha.

im sure somebody somewhere along the lines may have suggested co-sleeping?? for me, i had to do it as i was getting no sleep and getting strung out. now i love it!