Early morning waking after dropping night feed

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Hi, just after some opinions really. My 6 month old used to have 3 night feeds a few weeks ago (10, 1 and 3) then wake around half 6. He has suddenly dropped them and now only wakes about half 1, ace! However he wakes for the morning now about half 4/5!! We have kept his night feed the same amount, about 4ozs and he now drinks it all. I know that he should be working towards no night feeds but I wonder if I up his half 1 bottle, he may then wake later in the morning as he wont be hungry. Means more sleep for all. Any opinions appreciated. Thank you.

I would up it for now and hope you get him sleeping longer. He still is having less overall in the night and you can cut down later.

Yeah that's what I was thinking, thanks for the reply x

Definitely up it and expect the pattern to change again as well when he has a growth spurt as he's still so young.

Mine is a bit younger, but in a similar pattern. However, I treat a 430-5 wake up as a night feed. He usually goes back down until seven or 8 o'clock at that point. Would that work?

Feeding more in the day may help. Do you have an alternate way to settle baby that isn't feeding?

Two feeds a night is a lot for a formula fed baby. Some will have 1 feed but many non at all at this age. I'd be looking to calorie load in the daytime to drop the night feeds completely.