wont take dreamfeed !

[breebri]

dd is 8wks & over 13lb, a healthy but hungry baby. she's on 3hr EASY (6oz bottles) . Very often she wont take her dreamfeed (no matter what i try) & will then wake@3.30am. if she takes the DF successfully she then sleeps til 6am... so i really want this to work 
any suggestions on what i can do to encourage the DF, i wiggle the teat,tap the bottle etc but no response ! shes in a real deep sleep & ends up dribbling out any sip thats in her mouth.should i reduce her 7pm feed in order to maker her hungrier for DF??

[* Paula *]

The DF unfortunately does not work for every lo.  When my DD was younger I could not get the bottle in her mouth to do the DF.  When she got a bit older and we had the 6 month growth spurt, she all of a sudden started taking a DF.

If the DF does not work for your lo, you could always try cluster feeding instead, at say 5pm, and then offer another bottle at 7 and see how things go.

I would not suggest cutting the 7pm feed down, as this could have a knock on effect and actually end up causing another night waking.

What time are you offering the DF?