6.5 month old doesn't like to eat in the mornings?

So, my almost 7 month old gets up for the day around 7:30 and since he's dropped his night feedings, I always ume that he'll be starving by that time and want to eat a lot. So I try to feed him and he will feed for only a few minutes off one (which I know does not drain it). Then when I try to offer him more he refuses and squirms. Then around 9 he's hungry again, so I feed him again (sometimes from the , or sometimes with some solids) and he scarfs it down. Then he eats around 1, 4:30, and then solids and his final feeding around 7. I know I shouldn't encourage "snacking", but shouldn't he be hungry after not eating for 12 hours? Should I just wait until around 8:30 or so for his first feeding of the day? My husband says that the first feeding is necessary to "open up his appetite", but I'm not so sure about that.