I need night time help!

Oh man, that sounds brutal! I don't have the magic bullet I'm afraid, but here's what worked for us. I did the tie-yourself-in-a-pretzel-to-nurse-while-pottying-the-baby maneuver for a long time until she finally started holding it at night. I would clamp (important to clamp, otherwise bucket of pee all over the bed) our potty bowl between my thighs (I stored potty bowl in the co-sleeper since Lord knows my dd wasn't sleeping in there!), hold dd in a cradle hold with right arm under her neck and shoulders and left arm under her near leg and left hand holding her outside leg just above the knee. Latch her on and tuck that bootie deep down inside the potty bowl. Make noise and hope. After pee, wipe baby butt without unlatching, CAREFULLY put the potty bowl back into the co-sleeper (if you're super organized and baby is peeing multiple times a night it might be worth having a bucket to dump pee bowl into...I did this at my parents house when spilling the potty bowl would have been a BIG no no), and lie down without unlatching. Whew! It was a bit complicated but worked for us... Good luck!!!

Thanks for the hug and suggestion. I might try something like that. The other thing she does once in awhile is pee before waking me up! But she only seems to do that when nakey, oh gosh, I don't know!!!! I don't have a potty bowl, but I think it might work to plop her on the potty and start nursing. Maybe. Thank you for the lovely pretzel description!

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We didn't have an official potty bowl or anything. We just used a plastic salad bowl (not metal 'cause it's too cold)... It's still encrusted with nastiness despite multiple times through the dishwasher and soaking in vinegar water! Ah well, it was worth sacrificing!

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Yeah, my dd used to allow herself to be pottied without a boob in her mouth at night. Back in the days of the "pop on and off nursing" being a huge cue at night. But then one day she decided that she wasn't into pottying at night without a boob. And then one day she randomly decided to hold it all night (i.e. she fought me tooth and nail even WITH the boob in her mouth!). So it will happen! Good luck!

ETA: And happy BIRTHDAY mama!

OK, first just have to say that i LOL 'd about your parenthetical comment. we've started walking this week. need i say more?

i was going to also suggest peeing at the boob - but i thought it might be easier with just a prefold held under her nakey butt? then just remove it when she's done?

though honestly i personally wouldn't hesitate to diaper at night if that works. have you tried a pocket style diaper? that might be more comfortable for her. though if she's peeing that many times you'll probably still need to change her at least once i'd guess.

hopefully you'll get it straightened out soon!

Hi! Sleeping time was never easy with my DS (generally woke up every 1.5-2 hours for about 2 years), so we always had to try different things. One thing that worked the best and gave me the best sleep was to have him sleep totally naked on top of a Nekkie Blankie. Because a Nekkie Blankie has a stay dry top layer (fleece like but different), absorption layer in the middle and a waterproof PUL layer underneath, DS could pee on it and the wetness would just go through and he wouldn't feel it. I would not have to move him or change anything. Since he was naked his clothing did not get wet. Of course this only works in real nice warm weather...But since he did not wake up for pees this way, it did not wake him enough to want to nurse. Less nursing=less peeing in general=better sleeping!! This was the best sleep I ever had with him. Ahhh, I remember the days....

If your baby is too squirmy to stay on a Nekkie Blankie, I know they used to make custom bigger sizes and/or make them so 2 of them could attach together. Tribal baby also has a list of pp pads, but I would make sure you get one with a stay dry top.
http://www.tribalbaby.org/ECClothing.html#ecmats
But maybe you tried this already....

We also did diapers with a fleece stay dry inside and that worked here and there, because he couldn't feel the wetness so much.

But mostly, I had crappy sleep for 2 years, and still do. But now he only wakes up about 1-3 times a night which doesn't feel so bad! My other non-EC's child was like this too though, so I don't blame EC for the bad, bad sleep babies!

Hope some of that helps. Oh, and maybe fleece or soft wool jammies? At least clothing wouldn't get wet that way. Sometimes we use fleece open crotch pants (baby chaps) with a diaper or drop flap trainer on top.

PS I want your socks! I'll email ya