Try to soothe him in other ways- rocking, white noise, snuggling, pacifier if you use one. If he won't be comforted any other way, then he may still need the nighttime feeding. Babies may suck for comfort but they do not ask to be fed when they are not hungry. If nothing else works, then the litle guy is just hungry. doctors are not the be all and end all of baby knowledge- and no one knows your baby better than you. If something else works, use it, but if your baby seems to want food and nothing else will satisfy- feed him. Every baby is different and your little guy may need his nighttime snack :)

The book Sleepeasy Solution really helped me come up with a plan for my 4 month old!  Currently I put him down around 8 and do a "dream feed" at 10:30 or so before I go to bed.  I just get him out of his crib and rouse him enough to nurse for a few minutes while he's still mostly asleep.  That tides him over til 6 am!  Then he usually sleeps til about 8 after that feeding.  I've heard of some people completely wearning by 4 months but I think I'm going to wait til 5 months to get rid of the dream feed.  It seems like with breastfeeding he can't last quite as long as some babies do on formula.  Maybe eventually he'll sleep straight from 8 to 8. . . wouldn't that be heavenly!!!

When he cries to eat anytime between those two feeding times, I go in and give him his pacifier and turn him onto his side where he normally snuggles up with a little animal blankie.  That almost always does the trick.  I never pick him up in the middle of the night anymore though to help him work on soothing himself.  We tried not even using the pacifier for a few nights, but he tended to cry for quite a while before finding his hand or blankie to suck on.  The pacifier just does such a great job it is hard to resist!  We also use a white noise machine all night and during naps.  Working on naps during the day has actually been really beneficial to his night sleep.  I used the same book for advice on daytime sleep.

All 3 of mine did it on their own around 3 months but I would think that if you can hold off the last feeding and make sure you get as much in him as you can. I remember someone telling me once that for night feedings they would give water instead of milk but he's still a bit young to do that I think.

Madeline is almost 5 months and usually sleeps through the night.  Her Dr told us that when she does wake up to just let her put herself back to sleep.  Well that's easier said than done.  One night she cried for 1.5 hrs and I still had to get up and feed her.  If I had just fed her in the first place I could have had her back to sleep within 30 mins!

What I have been doing lately is giving her 5-10 mins to put herself back to sleep.  If she does not, then I give a small feeding, only a couple of ounces by bottle and put her back down.  This seems to satisfy her and gets her back to sleep without doing a full feeding.

 exspecially if your baby is breast feed he may just need to eat. do you give him any cereal at all? Many people swear by that I give it to my baby as a late dinner time. But she doesn't sleep all through the night she usually goes 8 hours and wants to eat about 5 am then she goes back to sleep she is BF and it just does not stick with them like formula does you could always try giving some formula at night if you are really needing the sleep. some nights the mine will wake at around 1 for a extra feeding I always try to put her back to sleep with out taking her out but sometimes I have to feed her. she cuddles a blanket and uses a binkie. they both help her sooth herself. your baby is still young that it is not a big deal that he sleep through the night yet. atleast my experience with 3 kids. just try to make sure you keep good sleep habbit so it don't give you big problems later. like try to help him find a way to self sooth, don't play or smile & try to keep him in his bed as much as possible. it will happen evetually hon