Introducing dream feed at 5.5 months

[acquiescence]

My 5.5 month old seems to be sleeping for much shorter periods than he used to. He goes to bed aroun 7.30 and wakes between 12 and 2 and then one or two more times. He used to sleep until 3 or 4. He seems genuinely hungry and there is no other way I can settled him. I am wondering if he is really hungry then a dream feed might get him to sleep a few more hours so I could get more than 2 hours sleep at a time, as I am so so tired. I breast feed all apart from a bottle of formula before bed. He is starting on some solids at the moment. Any ideas? He also wakes another 2 or 3 times and settles with a dummy.

[mrsmoomoopoopoo]

No advice but my dd did exactly same at 5.5 months. She was also really difficult to settle at bedtime.
It's been going on for 4 weeks now - sorry!!
I keep telling myself it's just a phase.

[Metalhead]

Watching with interest! DD2 slept 7pm-4am and then again until 6.30ish from weeks 14-16 which was brilliant as far as I'm concerned, but since then she can wake up anytime between 1 and 3.30am. She's also become much harder to settle after her night feed and often wants to start the day way before 5am...

DD1 slept 7-7 from about 3 months and was easily settled with a dummy (which DD2 refuses) so I'm at a loss as to how to deal with this.