Dropping the DF when 7.5mo still has an NF?

[deliriouscow]

Is this advisable? I really would like to be able to go to bed earlier than 10. We'll need to phase it out as LO sometimes wakes for it.

She has taken well to solids, BFs regularly through the day but not on much of a schedule. She sometimes feeds to sleep at BT but often settles herself. Naps are hit or miss - sometimes she feeds to sleep, sometimes self settles. At night she goes down at 6:30ish, DF at 10pm, usually a NF around 4am but sometimes sleeps through. And is up for the day about 0630 -maybe later if she's had an NF.

[Erin M]

I dropped the dream feed before the night feed for my ds.  He dd need the night feed and it clearly wasn't going anywhere so I dropped the dream feed first and he then dropped the night feed  of his own accord a month or two later.  Actually I dropped the df for dd2 as well while she was still having a night feed.  If you're getting 4 good daytime feeds in plus solids I'd say go for it.

[KookyK]

What about doing the dream feed a bit earlier to suit your bedtime? Like 9pm? Baby would take less but that might help in phasing it out?

[deliriouscow]

Thank you. I think we are going to bring it forward to 9:45 tonight. Although I'd like to phase it out, there's no reason to rush.

She eats and feeds well during the day. So it's time to cut down feeding overnight. The 4am feed seems more difficult to phase out so we shall start with the DF.

[deliriouscow]

Okay. Brought the DF forward to 9:30 last night. After the DF she slept through until 6:30. We shall keep it at 9:30 and keep an eye on things.

Unfortunately the bigger child woke at 2:45 so I didn't quite get the block of sleep I would have liked!

[Erin M]

They do like to gang up on us.  Glad it worked better for your littler one though!