DS turned 2 late last year. He's been slowly dropping breastfeeding in the day, but he's still mad about it at night... he wakes every 2 - 3 hours to be fed most nights. Originally he'd take a bottle so Dad could do some of the wakes, but he stopped at 6 months and has never accepted one since. For the last 5 - 6 months, he hasn't even let Dad put him to bed. He'll allow it occasionally if I'm not here, but when he wakes for that first feed, he'll stay awake until I'm home to feed him. He's only ever slept through once, and then done one six hour stint, both within the last month.
I've been slowly stopping feeding him to sleep, so he latches off before he's asleep, and that's been doing okay. We've been doing lots of talking about not having milk at night... And last night was the first night I didn't feed him overnight. He fed at 7:30, fell asleep around 15 minutes later, and then slept until 9. At 9 he came to my bed and was quite upset over not having milk, but accepted a drink of water and then cuddled me back to sleep after an hour or so. Same story at midnight, and then 3 and 4am, and then he woke at 5:30 and the sun was up, so I let him feed.
Does it get easier from here? He wasn't screaming and shouting but he seemed so sad, which is a bit heartbreaking. He only feeds for a few minutes at night usually, so I was hoping it wouldn't be too bad...
Any advice/thoughts on what to expect? How many nights should I expect this to be difficult for? I almost broke a few times and I'm pretty tired today.
(I know that night weaning might not affect wake-ups, but I think at this point I should try, for his sake as well as mine!)