I felt exactly the same (still do about lots of things) and I think there's a whole load of pressure out there along the lines of 'if you do this and make sure you don't do that your baby will sleep through the night by X number of weeks' and as far as I can tell it's a load of rubbish. Mine (7 months) sleeps through some times now, other times doesn't and when he wakes up I give him milk because it gets him back to sleep - I was feeling really bad about it and thinking I shouldn't as he doesn't NEED milk but who cares if it gets him (and me) back to sleep. Interestingly when I mentioned it to the HV she said go ahead if that's what gets him back to sleep and you shouldn't expect babies not to wake up until they're at least a year - one of the most helpful things I've ever heard from a HV! Having just held him to get him off to sleep for his nap, I just keep telling myself that I won't be doing that when he's 10, say, just like he won't be having milk in the middle of the night when he's 10 either! It's really hard when you're in the middle of it but I think I've found the most helpful thing just to think that it will pass eventually.
