Worked for me, but probably at about 12 weeks. Before I'd go to bed I'd pick her up and give her a top up feed. Some nights she'd have more than others.
She only stopped a couple months ago with the dream feed.
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Worked for me, but probably at about 12 weeks. Before I'd go to bed I'd pick her up and give her a top up feed. Some nights she'd have more than others.
She only stopped a couple months ago with the dream feed.
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Some babies will feed in their sleep and some just won't. You can just try and see if it works.
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I started using it with DD3 fairly early on. I would give her a dream feed around 10pm, but it was more so that I could go to bed knowing I'd get at least a couple of hours before having to wake for another feeding session. She was until very recently a shocking sleeper, so that initial block of sleep was the best I'd get all night. It certainly didn't work for prolonging her sleep or helping her sleep through the night - purely for my benefit.
Neither DDs 1 or 2 had dream feeds. I tried a few times with each but they either flat out refused the feed, or they woke for it and then were cranky and took ages to settle. Worth giving it a try, but also be prepared for it not to work. Like MadB said, they all come with a different set of rules so don't feel like you're doing something wrong if your LO doesn't take to it.
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^^This. Dream feeding didn't 'work' for us - my DD just kept waking 3-4 hourly overnight. I just let her decide when to feed in the end b/c it made no difference in her sleeping for a longer stretch. Like MadB said, you can only try.
So you usually pick up bubs out of the cot asleep and attach them on & they feed then you put them back to bed and hope like crazy they sleep for a longer stretch! lol Usually the dreamfeed is between 10-11pm at night.
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