Will bebe ever sleep on her own?

I know the frustration you are going through. I dont like the CIO method either but I did it and it works. My daughter is one year old now. She has been sleeping through the night since about 5 months old. Except when she is teething, thats a whole other story. I honestly think you are putting your baby down for bed way too early! At 6 months old my daughter was taking a morning nap from 10 to 11 then back down at like 3 to 4. Then she went to bed at 8pm and slept through the night. At 6pm she was just getting dinner and playtime with her daddy. Try keeping your little one up a little later. I bet she wont wake up as much at night when she goes down later. if I put my daughter down at 6 I'm sure she would be waking up at 4am ready to go too.