Is it possible to stop 1hr and 2hr night wakings without doing cc?

[peacemama]

I tried by stopping breastfeeding to sleep in the evening and beginning night in cot. Went quite well but he still wakes up every 2 hours. (and I bf back to sleep and cosleep eventually)
He is 7mo.
Anyone had any success in changing this without doing cc or cio? If so, how? Thanks!

We have done the gradual withdrawl / retreat method with our lo with some degree of success. Our best night is one eight hour stretch plus a few hours afterwards.

I was lent the 'teach your child to sleep' book by Hamlyn. It is based on suggestions from The Millpond Clinic.

My lo was feeding every hour so I decided that I would increase the time between feeds at night by half an hour every two days. If he woke before he was due a feed I would rock him back to sleep. He is quite a hungry baby so once he became really hard to settle without a feed I would wait a couple of days before increasing the time between feeds again. It took us about 3 months before we got the 8 hour stretch and it took about a week before we really saw an improvement in sleep.

The method does involve crying (and screaming) but the longest he cried for was 20 minutes and i was always comforting him so I did not feel as bad.

We have also been working on getting him to sleep without a bf. We used gradual steps from rocking him, holding him on our lap, lying next to him, stroking him in his cot, holding his hand whilst he is in the cot, sitting by the cot and now I am sitting by the door (not quite sure how I am going to get out the other side!) We wait about 10 minutes once he is asleep to make sure he is sound asleep as if you wake them when you leave it is harder to settle them. I followed his lead as to when to move to the next stage.

I am really pleased with how we have done but we have not had a full nights sleep yet and he is 1yr old!

thank you!
We are having a hard time, but trying roughly what you describe, although without such gradual steps, which perhaps is too much for him. I feel depressed today from lack of sleep. He was up last night for an hour and a half mostly crying and I was trying to comfort him without bf. I just kept going to finish what i'd started but I felt so sorry really I just wanted to take him into bed with me and give him what he wanted!
I might see if I can get that book.