Hey there,
We've been successfully dreamfeeding our twins at 11pm every night for about three months now. The babes are just over 6 months old. Neither is taking a significant amount of solids, just a taste once in a while. They've both been sick recently (one now recovering, one in the middle of it) and as a result have been eating very poorly (bottles). What's been happening is that they refuse the dreamfeed but then want a middle of the night feeding instead, which they haven't done for a long time. I'm just not sure what to do and feeling very anxious about this. Since they're sick, do I just follow their lead and if they're hungry during the night, feed them? That's what I've done so far but I'm just scared of regressing to night feeds again and having to face many nights of p/u p/d to get back on track. Does anyone have any experience with this type of thing? I know that we're supposed to drop the dreamfeed around 7 months but surely that's when they're making up the calories in solids, right? Or is it just a developmental thing that babies start refusing a bottle at 11pm? I would expect that might be the case if the babies' formula intake during the day had increased to new levels but I've kept a log book and it's nowhere near 32 oz (especially now when they're sick...for example my DS's intake yesterday excluding the middle of night feed was 16.75 oz.)
Sorry this is so long!
Thanks,
Sarah
