How do you fix "reverse cycling"?

Question

My exclusively breastfed daughter is 9 months old and eats ALL NIGHT. She eats during the day too, but it's small feeding sessions here and there, more like snacks lol.... shes always been this way, but it seems more frequent lately. I can hardly sleep at all.. I'm LUCKY to get MAYBE an hour with her unlatched at a time.
We had been giving purees as well, but I'm wondering if I should stop until we can get her used to nursing more during the day than at night. She is currently eating for longer amounts of time than she spends sleeping at night! Which is about 5 hours or so BROKEN UP BETWEEN FEEDINGS 😭 I'm a zombie, guys!
She has been super distractable since about 6 months old, and hardly stays latched for a good feeding during the day, no matter what I do.
I know it isn't just pacifying at night, she's really eating and sometimes in her sleep I can hear her belly growl, so I know she's really hungry...
My lactation consultant suggested I try to just comfort her back to sleep instead of feeding her except 2 times a night. HA. Not happening. She just gets angry and works herself up to where she is no longer going to fall back to sleep. Not to mention, I'm not going to refuse her food when I know she's hungry...
I think her body is just used to getting in her calories at night and eating just enough during the day to get by... how can I swap it?! Please. I need help. Don't judge me, it's hard enough without mean comments...

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I would go with what the lactation consultant said. My daughter was also the same at that age. But u need to do it the hard way. Once she knows that she wont get much at night, she will start filling herself up in the day. Its ok for her to not feed too much in the day if she is eating. You will have to be strong and determined to not feed her everytime she asks at night and remember if she stays hungry one night, it wont hurt her. She ll be fine. Good luck!

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I just sleep on my side with my boob out and let my baby latch and unlatch himself. 
Since your baby prefers to sleep-nurse you could try switching to nursing more during daytime naps.  If you aren’t comfortable sleeping while your baby nurses you could try side-lying and letting your baby nurse during a nap while you read your phone or book or whatever.  It may be easier to get her to switch to daytime calories that way. 
For night weaning my daughter (she was over a year old) we used a weighted straw sippy cup at night since it works while lying down or sitting up (like a boob!). You could try putting breastmilk in a sippy cup (for either daytime or nighttime).  We had better luck with her using a sippy cup than a bottle and she was more willing to take it from dad when I wasn’t around.

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If you’re unwilling to co-sleep then you will have to get her accustomed to getting her necessary ounces during the day. My son is the same so we co-sleep. I’m a very light sleeper so I hear him just as he starts to stir. Ill flop a boob in and have been managing to get 8 hours of sleep in (tracking by Fitbit). 
Check out these resources on reverse cycling.
http://www.mother-2-mother.com/reversecycling.htm
https://kellymom.com/bf/normal/reverse-cycling/

How do you fix "reverse cycling"?

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