Need a little advice re. dream feed :)

[LilyValley]

My LO has 5 bottles a day: 1x8oz and he takes between 5 and 7oz of the others, then I offer him a 6th bottle at 10.30pm as a dream feed. I started this just after 4 months and he's now 51/2 months.

He doesn't usually take much of the dream feed, he only drinks a lot of it if he's left a lot of his earlier bottles (which sometimes happens, he's so fussy and distracted when he's feeding). So, should I only offer him a dream feed if he's not had a lot during the day? My main concerns are that I'm creating a habit of him waking at 10.30pm (he has started to stirr around this time now) and that I'm over feeding him (16lbs, 50th centile) because I've started to wean him.

Should I stop and then only feed him if he wakes up for a bottle? Or is he still young enough to be needing a night feed? My HV is very vague about it (but is actually very helpful usually) and doesn't agree with me weaning him, my GP advised that LO was ready.

Thanks in advance

 

[xLaura]

I'd personally only give him a bottle if he wakes for one. I started waking my LO up at 10 for a feed if he'd fell sleep as he usually has this bottle if he's awake, but I found it hard to get him back to sleep after. I thought that he'd need this bottle, but now if he doesn't have it he still sleeps through, so surely if he was hungry he'd wake? That's my thoughts anyway.
I don't see why you hv isn't keen on weaning if your LO is 5 and half months, I'd do what's best for you and your LO

 

[Indigo77]

Only if he wakes for it...