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Offline Nauvoo

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« on: December 24, 2011, 03:12:47 am »
How do you know if the dreamfeed is not working?
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Re: dreamfeed
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2011, 08:31:28 am »
What do you mean by not working? It will depend on the age of the baby as to how long they will sleep after a dreamfeed. What is happening with your nights?

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« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2011, 20:03:46 pm »
Well it seems one day she will go 2.5hrs after the dreamfeed and another she will go 3.5 or 4 if we are lucky.  And she is waking hungry each time.  Once she went 6 hrs!!!!  It's just that she is so inconsistent with how long she can go after the dream feed.  I am really not getting the 2.5hrs because she goes 3 hrs during the day and to be honest she could probably go longer, I just always feed her at 3 hrs.  Should I be trying different times to do the dream feed?  Like maybe try the dream feed at 10pm instead of 11pm?  should this even make a difference?  I suppose I'm just wanting her to be more consistent at night.
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Re: dreamfeed
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2011, 20:55:01 pm »
I think consistency at this age is a bit optimistic really, she is still so tiny and doing so much growing. All you can do is keep things regular and it will get better. If she can go 3 hours in the day she *should* be able to go 3 hours at night, but it means you will be up more getting her back to sleep and then up soon again for a feed and if she is taking a full feeding she probably is genuinely hungry.

Does she have a dummy/ paci?

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Re: dreamfeed
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2011, 23:14:11 pm »
Yes, but it rarely ever works :-\  I am pretty sure I'm desperate for some consistency and wishing this LO would get it figured out ;)
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