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Offline Onewoman

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Too late to start dream feed?
« on: August 13, 2005, 08:43:42 am »
Do you think 4 months is too late to start the dream feed? Currently my lo is feeding at about somewhere between 12/1.30 and 4/5.30 and having her last feed in the evening about 6 pm as she likes to go to bed early. I am breastfeeding and we are slowly moving to 3.5/4 hr feedings which she copes with fine. I would like to bring the first night feed back to say 11 pm and push the second feed forward to 6.30/7 am. The second night feed causes a bit of a problem as she is often not interested in eating at 7.

I didn't start it at the beginning because she would wake up just once at night at about 2/3 am and I could deal with that by just going to bed early.

What do you think? Any ideas will be welcome  :D .
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2005, 18:26:04 pm »
if i were you, i would not bother with the df.  for us, it seemed to cause more night wakings than anything.  and it was sort of nerve-wracking to drop.
does she take a full feed at her night wakings?  it seems that at her age, she should only need one feeding in the night, if any.  if she is just waking and not taking a full feeding, it is out of habit and a df would not help in this area anyway.  also, the fact that she is not hungry at 7 tells me she doesn't need the 2 feedings in the night and maybe none at all.

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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2005, 18:40:35 pm »
Actually, I was going to say I don't think 4 mos. is too late.  Every baby is different.  It certainly wouldn't hurt to try it a couple nights and see what happens.  With my dd#1 the dreamfeed was wonderful.  (She was a nightwaker big time so the dreamfeed seemed to help hold her off from waking up b/c of hunger.)  But dd#2 sleeps through pretty well, so we've not needed the dreamfeed.  That's just what happened for us. HTH. :)
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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2005, 08:04:58 am »
Thanks for your ideas  :D I agree that she probably doesn't need the 4 am feed, though how to change it I don't know. It is actually her best feed of the day, so I don't know how to hold her off as she would be hungry. The only way is if she gets more in the day, but she's just not interested in feeding more (because of the night feeds). It's a catch 22 situation.  :roll:

Things have been very erratic so I haven't tried a dream feed. My milk supply was not so good yesterday, so she woke at 10 pm hungry, then 2 am then 5.30. My only hope is having 4 hr feeds I think  :? But then there is the nap problem  :shock:

God, this is so hard at times!!
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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2005, 22:53:31 pm »
I know what you mean about them feeding so well during the night and not wanting any for the am feed.  that's what gianna did too.  the last night feed was a little tricky to drop since she seemed to take so much at it.  but she would eat little if anything at 7 am.  you just have to hold off for a few days on that middle of the night feed, as hard as it may be.  her body will adjust.  it will be better for the both of you in the long run.