Should I stop her dream feed? Does she need the nutrition?
My DD is 11 months and she goes to bed after dinner (solids) and a bath (and of course a cuddle), but I haven't been giving her a BF for about a month now. She was sick and just wanted to go to bed one night, so I put her down without a BF and I have continued to do this as I thought it would be a good idea to get her out of the habit while I had the chance as I didn't want to have a problem where she wouldn't go to bed without a BF as she got older, if I wanted someone else to put her down, etc.
She goes down about 7pm but then I give her a dream feed at about 8.30pm, just before I go to bed. I was doing this originally so she would sleep 'that little bit longer', but now I think she is eating so much for dinner, she will sleep through without the dream feed. Now my question is, do I do it anyway for health reasons, or not. I don't know how I feel emotionally about giving up her dream feed, I'll cross that bridge when I need to.
She normally feeds 3-4 times a day (NOT including her dream feed) and she is eating normal food (vita britz w cows milk and yoghurt for b'f, fruit and cheese for m/t, bread for lunch, fruit for a/t, what ever we have for dinner she has). So should I still give her a dreamfeed at night?
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