How can I stop DD waking

[kbaby]

DD now 6 months old has only ever slept through twice. But for 2 weeks her wakings seem to be getting worse.
At 8pm she settles in her cot awake and falls asleep herself. However come 2-4 she wakes up and wont go back to sleep. The only way to get her to sleep is to bring her into bed, bf and let her sleep with me. If I attempt to put her back in the cot she wakes up. DP doesnt want her in bed which is why its now becoming a problem. I dont think shes hungry when she wakes as if I do feed her she then doesnt want breakfast. It just makes her drowsy enough to get back to sleep. Lats night she woke at 2am, i gave her the dummy, she woke again at 3am and I brought her into bed but she stayed awake and was playing. In the end we put her back in the cot but then she cries.
What can I do. Ideally I dont want to leave her cry but I need some sleep. All the books say is that the reason they dont settle to sleep is because they dont know how to but as she falls asleep on her own at 8 surely this isnt the problem. She naps for 1hr in morning, 45 mins at lunch and 1 hr at afternoon.

sounds perfect naps to me kbaby. Plus if you can bf her back to sleep then she is tired. I sometimes have to do this with ds (9mo) when he wakes that early.
Can you give her a bottle in her cot? maybe shes cold or sore teeth? My ds went through a couple of weeks of multiple night wakings just before teeth appeared.
Its probably just a phase - go with the easiest option for you all to get some sleep ie - in bed with mummy - stuff dp - he doesn't have to play with baby all day feeling knackered. - or make him get up and settle her in her cot!

Agree wholeheartedly with Tracy...do whatever it takes to snatch some extra sleep, and if DP doesn't like it then tell him to sleep elsewhere. No one can understand sleep deprivation unless they have been through it. I started off co sleeping fully with DD2, and now at 5 months she goes in her cot in the evening in my room, and if she wakes up in the night I bring her in with me, and feed her lying down. That way we both get some sleep, we are both happier and that makes for a happier home . Plus, I just love her fuzzy little head and warm body snuggled up next to me in the dark. Those times are among my most treasured memories.

Incidentally, I co slept with my other children, and have had no problems at all with any of them sleeping in their own rooms.