my ds is nearly 17mo. he has been BF, carried and slept in and out of our bed all his little life. he has never been a great sleeper.
he is a happy, excited, spirited and very friendly and engaged toddler (and always was, people were always amazed at how much he looks and his energy).

from about 10mo he dropped his day feeds. he eats 3 meals plus snacks, loves water and i have introduced milk as a drink recently and he loves that. i introduced the milk because after my stint at weaning, he took to a few extra day feeds so i have tried to discourage that and encourage the milk. i always feed him to bed then when he wakes at night.

this is becoming a problem -- the night feeds as he is waking more and more -- sometimes every hour! yes, all 4 molars are coming through and poking through now -- for a couple of weeks. he is otherwise healthy. sometimes i can soothe him with water, very rarely if he is in our bed, i can soothe with a pat (very rarely).

all things and advice on night weaning seems to suggest that your toddler was sleeping ok before. i have tried to wean and he screamed for over 1.5 hours with out looking like he was going to stop. however the next day he was no different to me, i couldn't try it again, so we have stopped.

i don't know what to do! i am thinking that i should move him out of the cot, maybe putting a double mattress there so that i can sleep with him to soothe, then leave him? maybe the best is just our bed? maybe none of it will work?

sorry for such a long post -- does anyone have any advice for me in terms of night weaning and sleeping?

thanks!