I have read articles in mothering how breastfeeding does not contribute to tooth decay and am familiar with S. Mutans and the placement of the nipple being back in the the mouth and the anti-bacterial qualities of breastmilk. However, I have noticed some discoloring on my 19 mo. old teeth and don't know if it is flourosis, tooth decay, or staining from the dark colored liquid vitamins- 3 hypothesis from the ped. This whole conversation was one more reason I am considering night weaning. There are sugars in bm that are just sitting on his teeth during the night when he nurses. I see the bm pooling in his mouth after he nurses during the day.
In addition, his sleep is just worsening and it has remained poor for awhile. I have ridden out the bad spells before but this is getting difficult. I know these sleep patterns are probably normal for his age.

He either nurses a lot at night, wakes up 2 hours earlier than usual or is up for 1-3 hours in the middle of the night- wide awake and playful. I have read in previous posts that for some night weaning did not improve sleep- so my question is then what do you do to help your child fall back asleep if you don't have nursing as a crutch? If he still wakes up in the middle of the night than I might as well be nursing him to try to get him back to sleep. I have considered Dr. Jay's plan but KNOW he will scream and most likely completely perk himself up for a couple hours. I have sometimes tried refusing him the breast and I can see that he is getting so worked up- hubby is very involved at night. FOr the most part he can rock him to sleep- but to do this everytime he wakes up in lieu of me nursing would kill his back. I guess I'm trying to figure out if it is worth to night wean- what is the lesser of 2 evils?

SO btw, the sleeplessness and my worries over his teeth this is why I'm considering night weaning and how to go about it. Unfortunately I just can't sleep through the feedings- I'm wide awake.
THank you ladies!