Should I not feed?

[mumpatrol]

DS is 7mo. Still BF at nigh but seems to be in a funny routine.

He will go down at 7pm and most of the time (8 out of 10) will wake up at 8.30pm and cry and need resettling, it's like clockwork. Then sometimes he's up at 9.30pm wanting a feed and regardless if he has a feed after 9pm or not he's up again at around 10.40pm for another feed.

After that usually up around 1.30am, between 2.30am and 3.30am and around 5am having feeds at all wakings. Then up for the day between 6.30-7 am.

That's 5-6 wakings from going down at 7pm and it feels like a lot.

Through the day he can sometimes go 4-5hrs between BF if busy so I know he can't possibly be starving every 2 hours.
Should I change what I'm doing and feed him a bit less often at night and try and resettle instead?

I would say that a 7 month old doesn't need to feed 5 times at night (potentially at all). Try settling without feeding. Can your partner help as this might work better if you're breastfeeding? Although you may be surprised - when we might weaned (a few months later admittedly) I was ready for a few difficult nights but DD happily went back down without a feed the first time we tried

But as BF is more than just feeding, it's comfort too, as I'm sure you know, it's possibly not quite as just not feeding. I try to assess whether DS will go back to sleep with a shush or a cuddle or whether it escalates to feeding. He's nearly 13 mo. And while DH could help, by the time I wake first, nudge him repeatedly then he stumbles about without his specs on etc, I may as well bloody go anyway as even if I do BF, it's done before DS really wakes which is best for everyone

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