how do i cut out my 11.00pm feed???

[leti]

My baby is 3 months old and is fed as follows:

6-7am  (depending when wakes)
10am
2pm
6pm
8pm (cluster bottle)
11pm
She usually takes 7oz except at the cluster feed where she takes 3-4 0z and then the 11.pm feed she takes between 2 and 4 oz.

Is it too early to cut out the 11pm feed?  How can i get it off her?  If I cut it out she will only sleep until about 3/4am and I feel that this is then re-introducing the middle of night feed that we worked hard to get rid of. 

Any suggestions or are my expectations too high for my baby ( i have a nephew 14 weeks who is sleeping 7 - 7!).   

Thanks ever so much.

[* Paula *]

Hi and welcome to the BW website.

Any suggestions or are my expectations too high for my baby ( i have a nephew 14 weeks who is sleeping 7 - 7!).

No two babies are the same.  Some babies sleep through the night from a very early age, and some still need night feeds at 4 months old.

If your lo is taking a feed at 11pm and sleeping through until 6:00 / 7:00 am she is doing great.  I would not try to fix what isn't broken.  She will let you know when she is ready to drop the 11pm feed.  Is she waking for this feed or are you offering it as a dream feed?

Hope this helps.

Paula

[grahamsmama]

If you're doing the 11pm feed as a DF, you could try offering it a little earlier.  I do our DF between 9 and 9:30 because I don't want to stay up any later.   If it were me, I'd probably move the cluster feeds forward a bit and do them, say 5 and 7, and then try the DF at 10 and see what happens.  If that works well, you might even move it to 9:30, but I think most people do their DF around 10 or 10:30.

[leti]

Thank you for taking the time to reply.  I'll see what happens!