Oof, it's tough isn't it! You've done brilliantly to get to this stage, and I know you wouldn't back down on any of your principles. Honestly if anyone thought waking up 6-10 times a night was unicorns and sparkles there would be something seriously wrong with them (or they'd be 6 months old).

So advice, my DS was sleeping through from 14-24 weeks and then it all went KA-BOOM! He relaxed when we went back to a really predictable routine, the times differed depending on when he woke up/what we were doing but the sleep cues didn't, this was for his day sleeps and his night sleep. We'd go for a walk around the garden and I'd sing to him, then we'd read a few books, then I'd put him in a boosted nappy and his sleeping bag and he'd be fed to sleep. For his night sleep he'd have a bath and massage before his garden walk. When he woke up, I went straight for feeding to sleep because it took the shortest amount of time and it was the easiest for me.

Oh! And in the really bad times when it took hours to settle him I found if I had a plan of what I would do next then I coped better, like ''I'll feed him for 20 minutes, then rock him for 20, then walk around humming for 20 etc etc...'' I also gave myself a time limit of when I'd give up, so if he hadn't settled after an hour for a day sleep, I just got him up and we played quiet games. We were both much happier without that pressure.

Good luck