My LO is 7 months and has a full milk feed (BF) in the morning, usually 2 more during the day (though sometimes just 1 if we're out and about and he's too distracted) and another at bed time. He has 3 solid meals a day and I notice he eats a fair amount compared to other babies (even those who are 2-3 months older!). The meals are well balanced and chunky and he also gets finger food. He still wakes up twice during the night (at 10.30pm and another anywhere between 2-5pm). The first wake up is always at the same time and he does not necessarily feed very much. There have been nights he didn't wake up until midnight or 1am (with a second EW/NW around 5-6am) and there have been other nights where he would wake around 10-11pm, but then not until 5-6am (very rare!). It seems he can go without milk much longer than 4 hours. Is the waking just habit? Can I wean him for night time (and if so, any suggestions how?), I don't want him not to get the milk he needs, but I also don't want to be up feeding him when it is not really needed (he still wakes before 6pm in the morning, so with two night wakings I don't get a great deal of good sleep and work is looming). I just wanted to add that he recently started drinking from bottle and sippy cups (after weeks of trying when he was around 4 months so DH could do NF *sigh*), but only small amounts and only water (he hates formula!). Thanks for any advice!
