My little boy is sleeping pretty well during the day--1 hour awake, then 1 1/2 to 2 hours asleep (falling asleep on his own, no pacifier, etc.) However, he seems to be "stuck" at night, and the dreamfeed seems to make no difference.
Because he had still been waking and eating (though not voraciously) at 12:30 even after a 9:30 dreamfeed (he goes to bed around 7), I tried a few nights ago to forego the dreamfeed, feed him at 7:30, and see what happened. He still woke at 12:30--a 5 hour stretch! I thought--hey, 5 hours is just about right for this age, but this is the wrong 5 hours!
Last night I did the dreamfeed again at around 9:30, but sure enough he awoke at 12:30. I fed him, put him back down, and he woke again at about 4:40 (his usual) and then ate and slept again till 7:15.
I'm not so worried about the 4:40 feeding; I'd just like to get rid of the 12:30 one. Anyone have any ideas? Should I try the pacifier trick? Or perhaps a bottle of water (a friend of mine did this and it worked for her...)
Please help...