I'm weaning DD3 at the moment. Its going to be a looooong process. She's been off day feeds for 2 weeks now & still gets upset most of the time. Some times though, she'll just crash out. She had it on tap. If she wanted it, she got it, tired or not. I am just working on the day feeds, because I have the patience to rock/walk her around the house. With a bounce in my step! The night times though... whole different story. The few times I've tried to say no, the same as I do through the day she gets hysterical instantly! Next week when all the sports etc have finished & I'm not so flat out & needing my sleep, I'll work on nights!

I have to say though, that with the health issues you seem to be having, I'd not wean him yet. He sounds like he still needs all of the goodness your BM has to offer....Even though it is driving you up the wall. Do you co sleep? Waking more than hourly isn't fun, I've been there. Its hard work, but co sleeping can make it a little easier. Roll over, attatch, crash out again.

I'm only just getting DS into his own bed at 4.5. He was never a sleeper. He goes to kindy 3 days a week & can still sit up til 11 if I don't make him go to bed! He didn't sleep through the night til he weaned & even now, 2 years later, there aren't many nights he stays in his own bed all night.

I'm going through similar with DD & cows milk. I asked the only GP in the area, who fobbed me off. DD has never had straight cows milk before. Only in cakes & other foods where there isn't much of it, & what there is, is cooked down. Now I've started giving her straight milk, she's getting belly aches & horrible black diarrhea that burns her bottom. I've bought some rice milk to see if there's a difference, after I do a bit more of my own experimenting with the cows milk. I'm also getting in contact with a dietitian.

You'll get through it. Can you get him to have a day sleep by walking in the pram? Or a drive? If you can get him to drop off in the pram, you can leave him in it. When I get DD to sleep though the day, I always have music on. Not quiet either. Its comfort for her, because its constant before & during her sleep. It also helps block out a phone ringing, or dogs barking.. or me dropping something So she sleeps better. At night I don't have anything on once the kids sleep, because its the sudden quiet when I turn everything off & head to bed that wakes her up. But then, she's never had the option of sleeping for long with a boob in her mouth. She's woken & relatched plenty of times when I've tried to escape, but another 5 minutes & I am able get away.

Good luck, I hope you get some sleep & answers soon