E.K.
Hello,
My daughter used to do the same thing. She would go to bed around 730 and her last meal and drink for the night was at about 6pm. I breastfed her as well I just pumped my milk and gave it to her in a bottle. So whatever she didnt finish at 6 I would give her that before she went to bed for the night. Then around 5am I would get her up so she could drink before it was time for me to get up and go to work that way I wouldnt need to feed her as i was getting ready, etc. At around 10 and a half months she stopped eating all her breakfast so I had to stop giving her the milk at 5am. She didnt miss it at all. So yes the dotor is right technically he doesnt need the feeding but it is all in what you feel comfortable with but you have to keep in mind at some point you have to get him out of this. Personally, the sooner the better the older they get the harder it is to break them from things.