Having to get DS2 up in the morning for a feed, is it time to drop dreamfeed?

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DS2 is 13 weeks. He has been going through the night (11pm-7am) since 10 weeks.

At the moment he is feeding about 7.30am, 10.30am, 1.30pm, 4.45pm, 8.00pm then dreamfeed 11.00pm.

That's been fine but the last few days I've had to wake him up for his 8pm, he's not taken massive amounts, then not huge feed at 11 either, then I've had to get him up to feed in the morning which I've been doing at 7.45 - 8.00 am to avoid messing up the rest of the day. He does feed then but not hugely interested.

Do I need to drop dreamfeed altogether, or rearrange his other feeds somehow? He's definitely hungry at 4.45 so it's not a case of stretching that one later and missing the 8pm one.

I could drop the 8pm and feed him much earlier for his dreamfeed - 10pm or something?

Any experience?

He's ff by the way, if that makes any difference at all.

If he's not taking his morning feed properly it sounds like he doesn't need the 11pm feed. Why not drop it for a couple of nights and see what happens. You can always add it back in if he starts waking up in the early hours, but you might well be pleasantly surprised.

My 3 DC were all BF and I never really got on with the dream feed (it's easier with a bottle I think, i couldn't get them to bf properly when half asleep) so I dropped the 10.30 feed early with all of them and they all slept through 7 to 7ish at 8, 10 and 12 weeks respectively. Some of us are just lucky and get good sleepers. Give it a go and see what happens.

Think I might do that. I am certainly lucky - DS1 went through from 12 weeks and dropped his dream feed at 4 months. thanks