heather

i started doing a dream feed with lani when she was around 5mths old - cause she started waking every hour on the hour during the night to be fed and i was getting a little frustrated as you do.

anyway i started picking her up and not waking her and breastfed her just before going to bed at night (between 10 and 11pm) i knew then if she woke she couldn't really be hungry, eventually i started doing it with about 150mls of formula (i was having a few feeding problems) anyway it worked a treat for us and she started sleeping through again till 6 or 7am - i kept this up till she was around 10mths old cause i was scared that if i didn't feed her she would start waking again lol - one night i was so tired i went to bed early and she didn't wake so i didn't worry about the dream feed anymore.

having said all that - i did try the same with my ds but it didn't work - all babies are different.

i don't like waking a sleeping baby thus when i did the dream feed i used to just gently pick her up out of the cot and put the bottle or the breast in her mouth and she just drank with her eyes still closed, i would then gently lift her and try burping her and quite often she didn't need to burp as she was so sleepy whilst feeding no air was being gulped down.

good luck - if you want give it a go for a few nights and if it doesn't work then go back to what you are doing.