Morning T84, hope you got some sleep. I tried to post this last night night, but mnet seemed to be having a moment and I couldn't do it.
Probably a god thing as I did really need to go to bed! Here's what I tried to say ...
Oh I really should be in bed! I got distracted by one of these kind of threads 
Thrush ow! Is it better now? I'm not surprised you feel like a break! I'm not sure what's typical, but when DS was 7 months, he did feed about 4 times a night.
All I can say is it does get easier. I'm still feeding DS, 18 months. He tends to wake up once in the night now (he hasn't yet tonight, any minute now!) and then at about 7.30ish, I feed him on and off, and drift in and out of sleep till we get up at 8.
It was tough at times but I'm so glad we stuck with it, most of all when DS is sick. He got a vomiting thing last week, he was really unwell. He refused to easy any food at all for 3 days. But because he was still feeding I knew he was getting liquid, nourishment and comfort. It's especially at times like this that I'm glad we stuck at it.
That's just my personal experience, but hope it helps 