Thanks everyone for your posts!!! I feel much better about it all today.... yesterday was just one of those days I just felt like I was never gonna get any sleep again but I know that I wasn't thinking rationally LOL!!
DD went to bed at 8pm last night! That's so good for her and slept until 1130pm and then woke 2 times again until 6am so I'm pretty tired once again but oh well, I think it's her teething giving her grief as they are coming through poor chook.

The comforter idea is a great idea and we started doing this a few weeks ago its a little yellow cuddly bear we call "custard" and he sleeps in the cot with her at all times, although usually she ends up throwing him out of the cot at some point while she tosses and turns over hehe I'll keep persisting with 'Custard' for her day sleeps too.
She's got him in with her now asleep.

Mbear - yep i think the move must have something to do with it hey? She has 2 day sleeps(usually) one around 9am/10am in the morning (like now) and one usually around 130pm in the arvo.....she wont sleep after 4pm its too late for her to go down.... so no probs there.

Sneaky - thanks hun! Yeah we found that she would only get upset if we forced her to go down at 7pm or whatever time we 'felt' was appropriate for her but yeah if she isnt ready then no point upsetting her. it only upsets her and us then..... so it sounds like we have been doing the right thing by letting her stay up with us I guess couple time can just wait..... LOL!! it is fun having her up playing with us some nights but other nights when its been a big day its very tiring.... iykwim.

Janie - you always have wonderful words of wisdom that make me feel better
Sounds like your DS was like my DD! ah, so you started co sleeping around same time we have too.... we always start with the cot but then end up in the bed throughout the night and we are happy with that it doesnt bother us. Like you said, whatever works and gets us ALL sleep is what we have to do..... there is no wrong or right.

Olive -

I guess my main upset yesterday was just worrying if it was 'bad' for DD to be going to bed so late every night and would this always be the case.... but it sounds like it won't be and that she will eventually probably go back to going to bed earlier especially when she is crawling more and walking etc!!! she'll be so tired then. And like someone said, i can run her around the yard a few times before bed hehehe

THANK YOU for the reassurance ladies, I now know that I'm doing the right thing by DD and all of us so we can all get sleep.... just needed reassurance and a reminder that this phase will pass just like the other phases LOL!!!!!
DD is growing up so fast so I do enjoy those middle of the night cuddles and feeds
Sometimes it is so tiring though when you've had a few days and nights of no sleep it's really exhausting.... as you can all relate with!
She's sleeping like an angel at the moment so i'm off to have a lie down!