I'm gonna start weaning my 6 mo. old of her 11:00 dream feeds soon. She's taken solids since 5 mos. In tracy's SOLVES ALL YOUR PROBS. book, she says to cluster feed at 5&7 or 6&8 on one page, then 7&9 or 6&8 on another. 5&7 and 7&9 seem VERY different to me. I used to dream-feed at 10, but I always go to bed at 9, so I just set my alarm for 11 and feed her then. AT 6 mos. she started sleeping through 'til 7,but ONLY when I cluster at 6&9, plus dream at 11. Hopefully, weaning the dream-feed will solve all of that.
My question is, besides the changing dream-feed time, at what other times should I feed her in the early evening? She's hungry anywhere from 6-7 after her afternoon catnap. If she eats at 6 and 11, how do I merge the two into her final 7/7:30 pre-bedtime feed? Do I move the 6:00 feed up as I move the 11:00 back, or just work on the dream feed, and the other will take care of itself? Am I being to nitpicky, or is this an issue that really needs to be addressed beforehand? thanks!