Don't
drop dreamfeed before STTN unless you really feel like she would sleep better without it — some babies do.
He has been like clockwork waking up at 2 - 2:30 regardless of when we
do dreamfeed.
So we have our final feeding atround 7 pm then get the baby back up around 10 - 10:30
for dreamfeed.
At this age do you wake to cluster feed to keep consistent every day or do you follow their lead and if they wake cluster feed and if not let them sleep until three hour regular feed time then follow up
with dreamfeed in the 10 pm hour?
I've
tried dreamfeeding around 10:30 but this only seems to make her wake earlier or still at 3 am for some reason.
NBCWebster, I keep the three hours going until the baby sleeps from
dreamfeed until morning waketime.
For example, brinley was sleeping 9 hour stretches as early as 8 weeks old, so from a 10
pm dreamfeed, that put her up at 7.
This is what I would do: 1 - analyze environmental factors 2 -
move dreamfeed to anywhere from 10 - 11 PM 3 - be sure it isn't a growth spurt Then wait a week or so after making changes.
You can try to push the wake - up time
by dreamfeeding your baby when you go to bed.
We added the clusterfeeding at 5 weeks of age and normally her middle of the night feedings are
dreamfeeds also.
If you've ever
considered dreamfeeding your baby, or even wonder what this odd word means, you've come to the right place!
I have tried
dreamfeeding earlier or not at all, but he still wakes up between 1 and 3 no matter what.
Will the middle of the night
dreamfeed eventually cause her to expect this feeding and make it hard to drop later on?
Should i.wake her so she gets a full feed or
skip.the dreamfeed or make it later (currently at 10:15 - 10:30)?
2) Even with a good
dreamfeed where she takes 3 oz of milk, she still wakes up at 1AM, but doesn't drink much.
We recently dropped the dream feed and he is sleeping from 8:30 to 8:00, but I have been pumping at 10 pm (
formally dreamfeed time).
If you do gain extra sleep, but start believing that your baby might actually continue to sleep even without the extra feeding, then you can try to decrease the time
spent dreamfeeding (i.e. give less food and see if your baby continues to sleep well).
But it can be a bit hard to make it work at first, so below you'll find the tips I've found useful to
make dreamfeeding work.
I dropped my older son's
dreamfeed at about six months or so.
My pediatrician who is a Babywise advocate gave me a new feeding schedule of 7 am, 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm, 7 pm and then a 10
pm dreamfeed.
By dreamfeeding your infant right before you go to bed, chances are that your baby will remain asleep for a few more hours.
Most experts suggest you do
the dreamfeed between 10 pm and 11 pm, to coincide with when mom and dad are heading to bed themselves.
He is 6 mo now - I have dropped
the dreamfeed, but still pump at that time.
Last night, they awoke at 1.50 am, a few times between 3.15 to 3.45 am, 5.40 and 6.40 (they used to sleep until 8.30 when they ate more at
the dreamfeed).
He can't go more than 3.5 from
the dreamfeed through the overnight hours?
Question... many people say their baby sleeps from
the dreamfeed until 6 - 7 am.
I feel she would wake up more often if I do
the dreamfeed.
Her last evening feed is 7 pm, and then I would
dreamfeed her four hours later, at 11 pm.
Should I continue to
dreamfeed?
I think the reason for dropping
the dreamfeed first is so your child can have long, continuous uninterrupted sleep at night.
The short answer is when your baby has been sleeping from
the dreamfeed until morning wakeup time, but of course real life is rarely that easily cut and dry.
For more information, see the blog index under «waketime»
Your dreamfeed should be happening at 10 PM.
I am stuggling with the idea of
a dreamfeed.
Another thing I found with her is that giving
her a dreamfeed at 10:30 messed with her sleep cycle.
Is it possible that we should drop
the dreamfeed?
So, should I keep w
the dreamfeed or let her go from bedtime and hope she eventually moves that night waking back as she requires more deep sleep.
But if you go to a consistent 3, you won't so much be dropping
a dreamfeed as you will be dropping a daytime feed.
We are going to try to move
the dreamfeed up to 10 pm, in addition to slowly decreasing the normal 3 - 4oz he takes.