Sorry, have posted couple of times about 5 1/2 mo dd's increasingly dire sleeping, but finally hit wall. Co-sleeping and ebf used to work really well (eg. dd doing 3/4 hour stretches between feeds), but now hopeless. She just arches her back and won't feed lying down any more. Only way to settle her is either back in the sling, walking round, or sitting up and feeding her/cuddling her. Last night I was sitting up all night. I mean ALL night - have not slept! I have two other dcs, so can't catch up during day (also she only naps in sling).
Friends/family all think I should wean her asap (haven't started yet), give her bottles and get her into cot, even if this means having to cc. Have appointment with HV next week, but she has already been quite disapproving about co-sleeping, so I don't expect her to be very sympathetic.
Am so tired, can't think straight. Dread thought of cc, but feel like giving up bf-ing just so can share night-time trauma with dh. Dd is very sweet and happy by day, don't think she is teething, could it be some other developmental thing going on? Am totally at wit's end, poor dh doesn't know how to help and other dcs really suffering from exhausted mother.
Do I tough it out (have been reading other thread about muddling through, which is what I did before), or take action?? Thank you in advance for any ideas.