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EAT => Breast Feeding => Topic started by: VickyB20 on May 11, 2006, 19:39:19 pm
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Hi! My dd is 8 1/2 months old and has 3 breastfeeds + a dreamfeed (bf) each day. This Saturday we're going out (yippee!!!) and I won't be around for her normal dreamfeed time. Should I give it to her when we get back? (About midnight probably.) Or just see what happens if I miss it completely? I don't really want to prepare a bottle of ebm since she's not used to that at night-time at all and it may wake her and totally unsettle her.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
Vicky
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I would be inclined to leave it and see what happens! Who knows, this may be the start of no night feeds!! Is she eating her solids well? I dropped the DF for both my daugters shortly before 7m.
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Go for it Vicky!!!!! Have fun!
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Hello.
I'm a newbie, so apologies if I have posted this in the wrong thread. I have had a look around to see if I can see where to post, or if I can find an answer to my question, but have had no luck. Please point me in the right direction if I am completely off course.
Can someone please explain the Dreamfeed and Cluster feed to me. I'm sure my brain has turned to cauliflower with this preganacy as I can't seem to get my head around it. There's also the Tanking Up feed which is confusing me too ???
I'm sure there is a very simple explanation to this :-\
Thank you. :)
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Hello.
I'm a newbie, so apologies if I have posted this in the wrong thread. I have had a look around to see if I can see where to post, or if I can find an answer to my question, but have had no luck. Please point me in the right direction if I am completely off course.
Can someone please explain the Dreamfeed and Cluster feed to me. I'm sure my brain has turned to cauliflower with this preganacy as I can't seem to get my head around it. There's also the Tanking Up feed which is confusing me too ???
I'm sure there is a very simple explanation to this :-\
Thank you. :)
It is all explained in the Baby Whisperer book by Tracy Hogg. Have you read it? I would suggest doing so if you haven't. It explains all of these terms.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks Jodie and Denise for the suggestions. She is LOVING her solids and for the last ten days or so, I've felt like I just can't keep up with her! I'll do as you suggest and leave the dream-feed and see what happens. Actually, I'm not going to do it tonight either... hopefully she'll sleep through without problems and then perhaps I'll even feel confident to have a couple of beers tomorrow night!
Thanks again.
Vicky
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hopefully she'll sleep through without problems and then perhaps I'll even feel confident to have a couple of beers tomorrow night!
I sure hope tonight goes well!
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Good luck!!
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It is all explained in the Baby Whisperer book by Tracy Hogg. Have you read it? I would suggest doing so if you haven't. It explains all of these terms.
Hope that helps.
Thanks! I do have the book but still got confused ::) Stacey has very kindly pm'd me and explained it all.
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Just to let you know that dd had no dream-feed on Friday and was fine on waking at her normal time (although she breastfed for longer than normal, I guess to make up for no df). And again no dream-feed on Saturday and slept through till normal. So that's one more feed dropped! We're down to justthree a day now. :-( I think I'll miss the dream-feed; it was always so calm and relaxing and I'd love it that she'd sleep in my arms at these times. Such is the change that time and growing-up brings! Thanks again to all for your advice. Vicky. x
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That is great news! Just think how many consecutive hours sleep you could get now! Ahhhhhh!
P.S. I hope you had a beer or two! ;)
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Yay!! I know when I first dropped the DF with both my daughters, I used to 'miss' them!!