DS is coming up for 8 months old. He currently has a 210ml (8oz?) bottle at bedtime, which is around 6.45/7pm. Since I went back to work when he was 4.5 months he's also then had a dreamfeed at 10.30pm. He will then sleep through till about 6/7am.
I'm just wondering how I know when to drop the dreamfeed? He currently has 3ish meals a day:
Breakfast - 210ml bottle and either fruit or cereal
Lunch - meat/fish and veg/pasta
Afternoon - fruit
Bedtime - bottle
Dreamfeed - bottle
He has started getting very difficult at drinking his bottle in the mornings, and I'm wondering if this is because he's perhaps not full... The paediatrician recommended perhaps adding a small evening meal (around 5ish) when I drop the dreamfeed, as DS is a pretty hungry chap. But, I'm confused as to when I should stop the dreamfeed. Are there some signs I should be looking for, or do I simply pick a time to start doing it?
Also, in peoples' experiences, am I going to end up getting even earlier mornings? He currently usually manages till around 6.30am, but we have a few days a week of 5.30am starts, which are a killer when I'm working fulltime!