My 11 month old still BFs 6 times per night - what can I do?

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DS2 will be 11 months old next week.

He wakes up at least every two hours during the night (between 7pm and 7am) to bf. The lack of sleep is really starting to take it's toll - I am tired and irritable and grumpy. I'm short tempered with DS1 (nearly 4) and with DH. I feel like I never get any time to relax - I put DS2 to bed, put DS1 to bed, quickly eat dinner and catch up on household/admin stuff, feed DS2 again, go to bed, wake up 90 mins later to feed DS2...etc...

I can't nap during the day (DS2 only naps for 40 mins at a time and I can't wind down enough to sleep during that time, I just lie there thinking 'I need to go to sleep NOW or I'm only going to sleep for 30 mins etc).

Zzzzzz.

I enjoy BF but am not passionate about continuing into toddlerhood.
DS2 is a good eater - three substantial meals per day, plus snacks, plus 2-3 bf. He is not fed to sleep, but one of us sits by his cot until he falls asleep.

So what would you do? Stop BF and hope that formula would lead to more settled nights?
Or continue to BF but start to proactively manage the night feeds - so decide not to feed until (e.g.) 1am and 6am and just ride the storm in between times, in the hope that he'll get out of the habit?

I can't think straight!

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^^ this method is very good for bf babies. I did it at 13 months with excellent results and we continue to feed now at 27 months so it didn't mean it stopped completely just not every hour at night!

I second the Doctor Jay method. I used this when my LO was 18 months to gently night wean her as she wa waking a couple of times for a feed at that stage. There might be a little bit if protest but as you are right there, comforting them in other ways it is a lot easier on them than stuff like CC.

It took about a month to get to consistently sleeping through 7-7 which she has done since and I continue to BF before bed and in the mornings and she is 25 months now.

Interesting, I did the Doctor Jay method before it even existed 15 years ago. Common sense really, teach them how to sleep and enable that by making them feel safe alone.

Same applies to older children.