Hi, my name is Susan and I am a first time mum....

Hi, my name is Susan and I am a first time mum. Our little fella is almost 6 months old and I am wondering how often he should be breast-fed. He has no routine at all yet, he wakes at about 6.00am, I breast feed him, he goes back to bed for an hour then is awake again, has custard and a play then I feed him again. He may go down for another hour but is to afraid to miss anything so if I get an hour he is doing well but when he wakes he may only be up for half an hour and is tired again. When he does wake I have tried leaving him to see if he will resettle but there is no chance. I seem to have him at the boob all day and have been told by my mother-in-law that he should have some order to his day by now so of course I am doubting myself that I'm doing something wrong. Should I be only feeding him every 3 hours or so or is it still okay to be doing as I am?I was just wondering if there are any other mums doing the same as me. At 12.00 he has pureed fruit then a play then the boobie again, I try for another sleep with him but like the morn he may only have half an hour, at 5.00 he has pureed vegies then he is usually so tired by now he will be on the boobie till 6.30pm, I know he's not feeding that long and is only wanting it as a comforter, this is a bit tiring for me and "disgusting" so my Mum in Law says, as he's done that since birth I just let him do it but now that he's nearly 6 months he does need to know that boobies are for meals but as he won't and never has had a bar of a dummy I don't know what else to do. As you can guess I've had my Mum in Law here for a holiday for 6 weeks so not only is any sleep pattern I may have had before she arrived all to pot so is my confidence. I'm not into controlled crying at all, is there an easier way?