I don't know what I should be doing. My DD goes to bed between 7 & 7:30pm, and usually eats her last meal around six pm. She eats during the day between 4 & 6 oz. More like 4, but towards the evening she starts eating more. And each night of wakings is different. Last night, I put her to bed, and she was restless and spit the paci out several times, so I decided to try feeding her around 8pm. She didn't take much from her 6pm feeding. She ate 3oz and fell back asleep. Next, she woke at 1am, and again took 3oz. Finally she woke around 5:30am, and I tried to hold her off with the paci but ended up feeding her at 6am. Then she only took again around 3oz. What I'd like to know is:
#1. Are her nightwakings habitual? Or is 3oz a good amount to be taking when waking hungry in the night?
#2 I tried the dreamfeed a while back, and it didn't seem to do much for the night wakings. But I would like to do a dreamfeed around 11pm, I'm just afraid that if she wakes 2 more times I've defeated the purpose. And how much should she be taking for the dreamfeed? She will usually suck until she falls asleep, 3oz, and then no matter what I can't get her to take any more.
I really don't know what I should be expecting as far as night sleep from her right now. She's 12 1/2 pounds, and again, the only time she seemed ravenous was this morning and she still didn't start eating much till late morning.
So if this is habitual, how come it's happening at different times of the night? The night before, it was 2:30am, and the night before different too? And how do I drop this feeding if the pacifier doesn't cut it for her?