Weaning off breastmilk

I’m trying to wean my 13 month old off breastmilk because he’s waking every hour in it for the night and I just need my sleep again and to break the association! Nights are Improving but in the day he’s been crying non stop and so grumpy. I keep losing my temper it’s making me so miserable as I can barely leave the house else he’s screaming his head off in public. I don’t know what to do 😢 has anyone else had similar?

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It's been 2 weeks now since I decided to night wean and we've had good nights and bad nights. He's kicked off a lot and banged his head several times which has been really upsetting but need to stick with it to get past it. The first couple days he was attached to my boob constantly during the day and I've been trying to get it down to just 3 times a day (so far on 4/5!) Last night I couldn't settle him when he woke at all he just pulled at my top and was constantly hitting me so his dad had to go in and take over. It's funny, before when I was night feeding if his dad went in he lost his mind as he only wanted boob but now he goes mental if it's me and only really seems to settle for dad...it's a rollercoaster though, hopefully we get through it soon

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