need a quick reply please!

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hey all!
some advice please!!!have FINALLY gotten my 5mo to sleep,2 hours after starting bedtime!she was TOTALLY overtired after missing naps etc today.wondering what to do re dreamfeed.usually, she's asleep by 7 or 7.30 pm &we do dreamfeed at 10.30pm. it's now 9.10pm.she's only asleep since 9pm.should i wait on a bit to do the dreamfeed? (im half afraid of waking her!!! ) maybe do it at 11pm?what do ye think?

[clazzat]

What time did you last feed her? If you fed her while you were trying to get her to sleep then she might be able to last a bit longer before her feed.  However, is she as been very worked up, she might be hungry sooner than usual - perhaps you could feed her between 10-10.30, when hopefully she will be in a really deep sleep.

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once again,BW site to the rescue!!!last feed was at 7.15pm.maybe i should stick to the usual 10.30pm so...?

[clazzat]

I think I would. If she doesn't normally wake up during the df then you should get away with it.

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k...thanks clazzat!normally easy enough to get her back down after dreamfeed,so will keep my fingers crossed!while i have you there, when did you drop the dreamfeed altogether?

[Roseii]

Agree with Clare Good luck xxx

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how do you guys know so much?!

[clazzat]

I think I dropped it way too late with dd1 - she was 9 months before I was brave enough to try without it, but actually we had quite a lot of sleep issues from 6 months onwards (which was really unlike her) which with hindsight I think could have been related. I didn't do a df with either of the others - if they were asleep I was really not going to run any risk of waking them up!

I believe that from 6 months is a reasonable to time to start thinking about dropping it - once they are well established on solids they should be able to manage overnight.

[clazzat]

Oh, and we don't really know so much - we have just btdt and can tell you what worked (or didn't!) for us.

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you don't even realise just how much you know!!!

ya,will think about dropping it in the next month or so i guess then....she has been doing from 10.30/11pm to 7am from 8 weeks,so hoping it won't be too much of an issue.

[Roseii]

Ooh that's great sleeping I don't know a lot lol, just know what mistakes I made
Dreamfeed didn't work here. X

[Erin M]

And if it doesn't work to drop it, just keep at it as long as you're still getting good nights.  We dropped it around 7 mo with dd1, earlier with dd2 (when I realized it was upsetting her sleep) and not until 9ish months with ds.  

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good advice,thanks!will just have to play it by ear i guess!!!i'm beginning ot realise that's what parenting is all about though!!!& i LOVE my planning & organisation,so some major adjustments to be made by me!!!

[shivi]

hugs irishmam }}{{

We kept it going here till 10 and 10.5 mths with mine.

S x

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wow,really?i wouldnt mind keeping it,as long as it's giving us our night's sleep!!!x