Get a sippy cup of water that doesn't leak and put it in reach in his bed...then when he wakes you could offer that first. If he's hungry you'll know because he won't settle without a boob!
I would try maybe next weekend or when your dh is home to help/let you sleep in.
If it's a disaster you can keep feeding as you are and try again in a month...his level of understanding is growing exponentially and soon he will understand that 'boobies are asleep'.
Try searching for some threads on night weaning...I'm sure there have been some.
I've only read some of your posts but i hope i can help somewhat...
I just had to wean my DS down to about 5 feeds due to my health. My naturopath said that he should be able to go 8 hours without a feed, but i'm finding now after 2months 6hours is the max.
DS is a co-sleeper and so we put him in a separate room in a hopes that he won't want my milk to go back to sleep which was what we were doing. (he would wake every 45mins then have a few sucks and go back to sleep). It didn't work to start with, so i just fed him when he wanted it... but each time i would pick him up and give him a toy to cuddle and rock him in the rocking chair back to sleep. if he was too upset and really wanted milk i would give it to him. Over the couple weeks it got less and less feeds and he'd just go to sleep with me cuddling/rocking him. But he would still wake frequently.
I then started feeding him like usual before bed but then i would put him in his bed awake/sleepy. I then sat next to him (for up to an hour!) and taught him what 'lay down' meant. He'd usually need help 'calming' down so i'd pat him and hold him in place till he calmed enough and was sleepy and would just drift off by himself.
Once he knew what lay down meant, when he woke up i could just go in there and say 'lay down' and he would lay down and go back to sleep sometimes without any patting. when he stood up and continued to cry i knew he was hungry and would feed him. We got down to feed at 7pm, feed at 4am, feed at 6.30am.
He is now back to old habits though and waking lots again but now he just wants to still co-sleep. as soon as i lay down with him on a matress he just snuggles into me and goes back to sleep. still has feed at 7pm, but has an extra feed in there at midnight, one around 4-5 and then he gets up and has breaky around 7.30am. every day and night is different and it still takes us a long time to put him to sleep when he is in his cot. i generally have to hold him still but he is slowly getting the idea, we are going back to co-sleeping permanantly now though cuz that's how we get more sleep!
sorry for the novel but i hope it helps
oh and we also do a sleep routine now....so as soon as he gets really grumpy between 6.30-7 we go to his lamp lit room (i make him crawl behind me so he gets in the habit of going into his room himself), get in his wrap if it's cool enough, read a book in his rocking chair, then he turns of his touch lamp and we snuggle in for a feed and then maybe go in the cot if he's still awake.
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but i hope i can help somewhat...
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