I hate to say it, but with regard to the sleeping, she may just not be a sleeper. Chantelle was waking 6-10 a night up until about 11mths old (thats every 1-2hrs). Nothing I could do could change that. She just grew out of it. She now either sleeps through or wakes up once for a drink (because of the hot weather). I did use a variation of CC / CIO / whateer you want to call it with my other three; but it is really hit or miss, it worked brilliantly with Angel and Baz, but with Nate it just made him sooooo much worse, and even at 5yrs he is still a night waker (although he at least doesn't need us to get up with him anymore). I wish I had some helpful advice.

With the breastfeeding. You have done a remarkable job so far. You are absoloutely amazing! Seriously. But you have choices. It IS ok to put yourself first there if you need to. And it may be that if you don't have to cope with BOTH the sleep and the breastfeeding issue, then maybe it might make the stress alieviate a little too? Again Whatever decision you make won't be a an easy one, but you need to know that deciding either way is fine. Both decisions would be made with your DD's best interests at heart and there is absolutely nothing wrong with either. <3