Wake for dream feed.....

[FirstTimeMum23]

Advice please.....
Baby 6.5 weeks and up until now was perfect sleeper only waking once in the night approx 2-3am (following last bottle at 10pm) and then sleeping again till 6-7am.
Past few nights have changed, she's still on the same amount of milk (5oz 6 times a day) - she's now waking at approx 1am and 4:30am and again by 7am - I'm happy to let her cry in night to try and self soothe but eventually have to feed as she's clearly hungry.
She's then very awake in mornings and I'm unable to catch up......
My query is the dream feed at 10pm as she's usually asleep by then and although drinks the bottle hates being woken up, should I leave her to wake herself up maybe around midnight and hope she's not up again until 4-5am?
Would mean me going to sleep from 9pm and not having to do 10pm feed but this also means one bottle less a day - or do I just add an extra Oz at all other times to make up for it?

Or at 6.5 weeks is it too early to start expecting more sleep?

You are still in "batton down thw hatches" time at the moment so if she sleeps good, great, if not, its just one of those things.

Could you do the dreamfeed at 11? If baby's dad is around maybe they could do this so you can sleep from 9pm? Then she may not wake til 2.30/3, then again 6.30/7am?

We could yes, still means that's one less feed which is my concern....
How to know if that's ok?
She drinks one more than is recommended on formula packet anyway.....

6.5 weeks is too early to be expecting more sleep.

Try feeding more frequently in the daytime. This will mean that she does not have one fewer feed. I would be feeding every 2 hours through the daytime at that age.

Why let her cry at night (or any other time)? At this age the only reason she cries is when their is something wrong, when a need is not being met. Usually tired or hungry. Your role at parent is to meet her need. So no need to leave her to cry when she is telling you she is hungry.

If I fed her every two hours she wouldn't take the food. She's formula fed not Breast and already taking more than the usual so I doubt she wants more FATEdestiny
I completely understand my role as a parent and believe I'm doing very well with such a contended baby was only looking for advice in terms of the options available to me as opposed to a patronising response insinuating I'm not meeting her needs.
I feed when she's hungry but my point was when she wakes and isn't hungry she's quite happy to self soothe after a few minutes on her own.....
I'd rather she fell back to sleep than jump at every sound otherwise we'd both be constantly awake through the night - happy Mum, happy baby etc......

I suggested feeding more frequently as a solution to your concern about dropping a feed.

If 2 hours wouldn't work you could try 3 hourly, or 3.5 hourly. Or whatever. It is just a way to get that extra bottle being taken through the daytime and not in the nighttime.

Or, just don't worry about it. You baby is still newborn and night feeds are perfectly normal. You are happy to feed on demand through the daytime, so just do that at night too. So as soon as she wakes in the night, feed her.