Heidi sweetie, I've seen your other posts and I know you are having a hard time atm. I really hope it settles soon for you. But I don't think weaning is the answer.

DS1 self weaned at 14months (prob bcos I was pg). While bfing he slept through the night. The only period of night wakings we experienced with him were after he had weaned. So, bfed babies can sleep through, and weaned babies can wake. There goes the theory of the MCHN.

Also, DS was not a good eater. He first started eating more than a teaspoon of food at about 9 months, and was nearly two before he started eating decent amounts and a large variety of foods (actually he now eats everything that we do). And he is very healthy and always has been. The medical advice we got at the time, was that if he needs to eat he will, he won't starve himself. But that I was giving him too much milk (every bf he dropped I replaced with cow's milk so he was having 8 or more cups of milk a day. They suggested to cut it down to 3 cups a day, one with each main meal, and only water at other times. In your case you will adapt this a little as he is still on bm. Other things that worked were to not offer him a food he liked, if he didn't eat the first thing he was given, and to make sure he always ate meals at the table with us. It took a while but we got there when he was ready. Now people comment on what a great eater he is and can't believe he was ever any different.

Hang in there, I am sure everything will work out. Please do not wean, and maybe find someone other than a MCHN to get help from. I had one tell me to wean Jack at 12months for no reason. She just assumed that I would want to. Well, she was wrong. I now know MCHNs often are!