Tips to eliminate DF please!!!

[Missxiii]

Hello all,

My LO is going to be 8 months next week and I'm back to work. She eats 3 full meals (solids) and drinks 3-4 bottles. So, I feel we are ready to drop the 5th bottle for DF. I've started lowering the amount ( from 4oz to 3oz) in the last few days and she continues to sleep fine. I think I should continue to lower it. Should I go straight to 2oz or 2.5oz??? Any advise is highly appreciated it.  Thanks

[Lolly]

It usually works well to drop 1oz every 3 nights and then when you get to 1oz just offer water instead if they wake for it and resettle. Worked well for my DD at 8.5 months!

Let us know how it goes!

Laura

[Missxiii]

Thanks. Did your LO wake up around DF time, in the middle of the night, or earlier than her wake up time?  Thanks

[Lolly]

My LO didn't have a dreamfeed, it was the nightfeed we weaned this way. She woke at about the same time every night for it, when we got down to 2oz she slept through one night, the next night she woke at her normal time but we only offered water. She wasn't happy but we got her back to sleep, she woke again the next night and we got her back a bit quicker and that was it really, she stopped waking and expecting a feed.

Laura