droping dream feed

[yaely jelly belly]

got a quistion about that. DD now has her DF at 22:00 and then can hold untill 7:00, so that is 9 hours. i am thinking about droping DF sometime and am woundering, do we expect baby to hold for 12 hours? she goes down at 19:00 and wakes at 7:00, how can she go for so long with no food??

[Tay]

Hi there,
 Am I right in saying your LO is just over 5 months? (seeing from you ticker )
Tracy doesn;t suggest dropping the DF until babies are around 7 months and well established in solids, reason being that your LO needs that extra feed until then. Some BF babies/mums don't drop the DF until 8 or 9 months.

do we expect baby to hold for 12 hours?

Once your LO is well established in solids (3 meals a day, plus 4 BFs) the idea is that she will be able to go 12 hours without food.

TBH, your LO seems to be sleeping so well... Is there any particular reason why you want to drop the DF now?

xx

[Texomamama]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.  Your LO is just over 5 months and going through the night strong?  Sounds fantastic to me.  I am envious. Like PP suggests, I would wait another 2-3 months.

[yaely jelly belly]

thank you ladies. i am going to wait but wanted to know how this can be done in the futer.

[Vicku]

Do you have BWSAYP? There's a info on how to drop the DF in there. There's also a FAQ with info on how to phase it out here http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=65750.0
I agree though that your LO is sleeping very well with it and there's no need to phase it out untilo at least 7 mos. HTH