Ds is 22 months old and we have always co-slept and he still feeds to sleep both for his nap and nighttime and also during the night.
On a good night he may wake up twice, on a normal night he'll wake up more or less every 2 or 2.5 hs, on a bad night he will have periods of waking up every 45 minutes....
Thing is I am now pregnant and expecting a new baby at the beginning of February so I though I'd start dealing with this now that I am 3 months plus as my milk should go back to colostrum in a couple of months and I do not want DS to have to deal with both issues at once. For now I want to tackle the night wakings (i.e. no boob during the night) and then deal with how he initially falls asleep.
Last night he went to sleep feeding as usual and then he woke 3 times with 30 minute sleeps in between so I though "enough is enough" so I told him boob was asleep and he couldn't have any more. Surprisingly he was fine about that (I was convinced he would scream the house down) but it took him over 3 hours to go back to sleep. I know he needs to learn to fall asleep on his own, but it seems like he is keeping himself awake on purpose. Every 10 minutes or so it seemed like he was falling asleep but then he would start kicking, talking, wiggling, sitting up asking for water, etc. then he seemed to be almost asleep, and the same thing happened again.
I know I need to be consistent with this and ride it out (which I will do), but are there any other tips on how to persuade him/help him accept he is falling asleep without fighting it? On the plus side, after that he slept for 5:30 hs solid, which is probably his longest stretch yet.
Thanks for any advice you may have and sorry for the essay.