WOOT WOOT on the new avi Sherie. Must help being able to sleep with the creator

MM - I think its fine with what you've done for your invites. It can sometimes be a huge hassle trying to figure out what the newlyweds need when they aren't as 'pure' as the true newlyweds back in the olden days. As in living in sin... DH and I did that as well and we let it be known (okay, we asked our closest family members to slip the word to the other guests on the sly) that we didn't need anything. Nothing like opening presents to find either duplicates or something horrid that is hard to re-gift.

PAP - welcome back...not that I can really talk. I,too, went AWOL for a bit. I love having this place to be able to pop back into when I can and need to.

Okay can I put this 'ME' post in here and ask for some BB help?
Sarah still gets fed to sleep but I'm trying to stop that and at night it seems to work but I dont think I have a snowballs chance in hell getting it to work for her 2 day time sleeps. At night she gets given about 200mls of cows milk to top her up because she is usually tired and falls asleep too early on the breast. She also wakes at 4.30 every morning and its hard to get her past that. I usually try patting her back to sleep which can take 30mins or so to only get an extra hour out of her. I'm thinking weaning might stop her needing the breast to sleep so will get into a better routine. Last night I put her down at 7.30pm after her 200mls of cows milk and a very quick slurp from me. She cracked it for about 15mins until I went back in there and just sat near the door and didn't make eye contact. I occasionally shushed her if she started making whingy noises. She was then asleep within 10mins. YIPPEE! She still woke at 4.30, so I patted her and kept my hand on her back (sorta like holding a vicious animal down...lol) and she was back asleep after 30mins. She woke 10mins later and I forgot that I hadn't put the cot side back up so went in there and lay her down again. After a bit of fidgeting she turned her head to the wall and was lying there pretty still so I left the room and she must have fallen asleep. She then woke at 7am. I'm sort of happy with this in a way because I know that she doesn't wake in the middle of the night but I need her to get past this 4.30 wakeup. Does anyone have any ideas? Should I just go cows milk and wean her completely? Or should I just work on her night routine before removing her day sleep routine (of feeding to sleep).
Oops...that was longer than I thought...sorry