How often should I be breastfeeding 6 month old?

[OlivesTree]

My just 6 month old is ebf and is currently fed at approx 3.5-4 hour intervals in the day and every 4-5 hours at night. We have been following this pattern since fairly early on and I am wondering if I should still be feeding her as frequently as this.
Her last feed of the day is at 5:30pm and her feeds at night are at 10:30pm, 2:30-3am ish, and then she sleeps until 7am. I would like to drop one of the night feeds, as I think she is waking for the 3am one just out of habit, and she isn't really hungry then. She refuses to take a bottle so I can't leave her for very long in the evening and was thinking that it would be more advantageous for me to keep the 3am feed and try to drop the 10pm feed. Would this work?
I would obviously not attempt this if it wasn't good for DD.
I am keen to know what sort of feeding times other ebf 6 month olds are following.
We have just started solids, but we are BLW and the amount consumed is negligible.

DS has just turned 7 months and we are also doing BLW so is still bf as much as he was before starting solids. He feeds around every 2-3 hours during the day, sometimes longer if we;re out and about, with the last feed being at bedtime (about 7.30 pm) and normally wakes once in the night, around 4 or 5 am. So looks like he is probably feeding more than your DD, although of course he may be taking less at each feed, hebce feeding more frequently. I would think that if you want to drop a night feed you could try feeding more in the day so she gets more of her calories then.

DD will be 7m on saturday

6 weeks ago she fed 5 times a day and 2 -3+ feeds between 7am / 7pm

for the past 4 weeks or so she has fed 4 times a day... 0700 / 1130 / 1515 / 1830 and thats it.... we had a few nights where she was settled with water rather than milk (a nightmare at first but worth persevering) and now she does 12.5 hours sleeping over night.

she now has 3 meals a day, including a protein lunch, a 'milky' pudding at tea time, and a portion of fruit puree at all 3 meals...

When my DD was around 6-7 mo she had 4-5 milk feeds in the day and 3 meals of solids (also BLW).

She also used to have one-two night feeds, so similar to you.

I did try a late night 11pm dream feed a few times, but it didn't seem to make any difference to her night waking. But you could try it as it works for some.

However, 5:30pm seems pretty early for the last milk feed of the day, you could try doing a later feed nearer bedtime and see if that helps her drop that 10:30pm feed or at least push it back later to merge into the 3am. Then you'd be doing one night feed so that's probably what I would do in your shoes.

Your BLW so don't expect the milk feed's to drop for a couple of months yet. Milk still needs to be the main source of nutriane untill at lest 12months. she woun't need 3 meals a day untill around 9months, so take the weaning slowely. kellymom.com/nutrition/starting-solids/solids-how/

It's toataly normal for her to still want milk during the night at this age. Have you considered giving her last feed closer to her going to sleep (I'm assuming this is 7pmish) then you would get a longer gap to be able to go out in the evenings. Or I would top her up before you went out so you know she wouldn't need milk while you where out.

To be honist BF works best if you feed on demand and drop the clock even older baby's change there feeding habist depending on illness/teething and developmental changes.

If you really feel she doesn't need the 3am feed then send in your DH to seteal her at night instead you'll soon find out if she actualy needs milk and she woun't seteal with him.

DS is 7mo this week and EBF. I gave up clock watching a long time ago but he's fallen into his own routine, roughly:

6.30am BF
7.30am breakfast (also BLW)
9am BF to nap
11am BF
12 lunch
1pm BF to nap
3pm BF
4pm BF to nap but only if at home. Usually out & about so naps in buggy
5pm Dinner
7pm BF to sleep
Then anything between 2 & a MILLION night feeds.

That now seems a lot...! He's cut a couple out since starting solids too. Little piggy beauty.

Agreed with the others, when I say 3 meals of solids I meant '3 sessions of sitting in the high chair playing with food' at that age :)

My DD didn't start dropping any day milk feeds until she was about 10mo. She didn't stop feeding in the night until nearer 1yo.

Thank you everyone for your advice. From this I gather that we are doing pretty well with what we are currently doing. Regarding the timing of her last daily feed, I know it may seem early but she is in bed asleep for the night at 6pm. I have tried moving this back back she ends up overtired and won't fall asleep later on. She sleeps to 7am in the morning so I don't see any reason to change this. I think I might have a go at getting her to drop the 3am feed next week, but if she resists too much I will keep it up. I do think she could take more in the day and I think her habit of 3am feeds is keeping her from doing so.

Thanks again everyone