Sorry for the delayed reply...turns out DD2 followed DD1's example from last week and came down with something that resembles the flu so we are in full on do whatever it takes to make her feel better mode. That said, I wanted to thank you for your timely response and answer the questions you asked. DD2 is 7.5mos. She never responded well to a dream feed as it seemed to disrupt her natural rhythms so we are usually waking 2-3x/night.
Our days pre-flu looked loosely like this:
7/7:30 wake & BF
8:30/9 solids
10-11 nap 1 (generally 55min)
11:15 breast milk (bottle if at daycare, breast if at home - I work 3 days/wk)
12:30 solids
1:15-2:30 nap 2 (1h15m is usually her longest of the day)
3 breast/bottle
4 solids
4:45-5:15/5:30 catnap which we are trying to phase out but on days when we feel we can BT moves up to 6:30 and is often a challenge since her A time is then too long given the short daytime naps (she has taken a 1h30m-2h nap maybe three times in her life)
5:30 breast/bottle
6:15 mum mum snack while DD1 has dinner
6:45 bath, breast, book, paci
7:15 BT (sometimes she wakes 45mins later & needs resettling)
midnight BF
4:30/5 BF
As for the paci, we have regrettably been pushers since she was a nurse to sleeper and needed to go to daycare but I often think she'd just assume skip it. When she wakes, she doesn't look for it except to play with it or toss it out of her crib. If I offer it in lieu of the breast at night she throws it at me. It generally only works at bedtime as a cue that sleep is coming.
Relieved to hear the multiple nighttime feedings are common though I gotta say, I'm exhausted!!!
Thanks again for the feedback