Still breastfeeding at 22months

[jenk1]

A while ago i posted saying that i was fed up of b,feeding and wanted to stop but that dd was not ready at all.

Well i now know why she.s not ready, shes 22months old but has CP and devlopment delay-shes around 12months in her development.

She just does not want to give it up and i feel torn, she really enjoys feeding and tbh i do when im feeding her its just the middle of the night feed, no matter what we have tried she wont drop her 2am feed, we,ve tried control crying for over 2 weeks - we had to stop as DH was exhausted and falling asleep at work
Sedation from the Peadiatrician-she still wakes up at 2am!!!!

Dont know what to do,can anyone offer me some advice?

Thanks

Have you tried not controlled crying but just your DH going in to her and lying cuddling her at the 2am feed? Perhaps offering her water then?

I would try that.

Kama- i would love to go away for a few days,but its not possible atm, DH has no holidays left and everyone else in the family works, good suggestion though

will your dd take a bottle/dummy ebm at all? the 2am feed sounds like sleep habit, and she has to learn a new way to comfort herself. you could try dream feeding her on the breast or with a bottle before you go to bed. a few drops of lavender on grow bag or at foot of the bed worked a treat for me.
I have heard of people breaking sleep habits by deliberately waking your baby up before they usually wake up and soothing them back to sleep, although have no experience of this.
I think you should probably rule out the possibility that she is hungry by giving her a high protein meal in the evening and then a late dream feed. Then you can concerate on breaking the 2am waking cycle.
hope this helps and you get some sleep
Congrats on getting to the 22 month mark, am so impressed

We have not had any luck stopping night feeds either, so the only helpful advice I can give is to go to bed a bit earlier than you might otherwise like to, and take it easy whenever you can (nice excuse )

One day she will hopefully be more able to cope with stopping, but meanwhile you are providing something wonderful for her.