Can't get my 4 month old to dream feed-Help!

[sees_2]

My little guy will give me around 6 hours his first stretch of sleep--this is usually from 8-2. I was hoping to implement the DF to try and stretch this out a bit but I have had no luck in getting him to do it. I tried it when he was younger and I was BF and I just ended up waking him up and then he was up every 3 hours. So I gave up on it after a few days.Now I am giving him formula so I thought I would try again. I tried to give it to him while he was laying in the crib. I gently parted his lips and got the nipple in, but he would not suck. i moved it around a bit, in and out. Nothing. So i picked him up to see if that would help (he stayed asleep) but no luck. Then I laid him back down and even though he didn't wake up he spit out everything that drizzled into his mouth Any tips?? I thought about just waking him up at 10 to feed him, and then just hoping that he starts sleeping 6 hours from there, but I don't know if thats a good idea either. Help!

[nevinsmama]

Have you looked here?"How do I implement/drop the dreamfeed?"
Some do well with a DF, some don't. My DS did one for months and it really helped. With DD it never did take, she was just too touchy of a sleeper. I was better off to go to bed with fingers crossed that I would sleep before she woke up again!

[sees_2]

No I didn't see that, thank you so much! I will have to give it a try again fingers crossed!

[nevinsmama]

OK, fingers  crossed! As I said, with some it just doesn't sort out but I would give it a good go first! Let us know if we can help!