Dream Feeds

Bubba82 · #1 (**permalink**) 31-03-09, 21:14

so what do you all think about dream feeds??

Franky sometimes goes to sleep at 8pm then would be due a feed say 10pm but will continue to sleep through till roughly 12/1am so i leave him and feed him when he eventually wakes coz i think well he can't be hungry otherwise he'd wake BUT then a couple of mums have said if i give him a dream feed he will sleep through a bit longer???????

noababy · #2 (**permalink**) 31-03-09, 21:17

I personally highly recommend them! :-)

noababy · #3 (**permalink**) 31-03-09, 21:18

Why not try it one night and see how it goes?

rachaelmae · #4 (**permalink**) 31-03-09, 21:19

try it and see, never worked with mine they would still wake at 12/1 for a feed... arkward buggers...

Nickit · #5 (**permalink**) 31-03-09, 21:19

We don't dream feed Oliver - he sleeps thru til about 3/4 before waking. Sometimes he has a couple of days of sleeping right thru. I'm not too bothered about getting up just once and I'm sure that once we start him on solids and get him in his own room he'll start to sleep through quite quickly. Neither thing too far away (where has the time gone?).

I think it's entirely up to you; the plus is that you can feed him when you choose and get more hours of kip BUT you'll never know when he would sleep through IYSWIM.

acad · #6 (**permalink**) 31-03-09, 21:20

Aub's and will's were the same they would go thru and miss the 10pm and wake at 3am for a feed, but once i started the dreamfeed at 10 they went right thru till 5.30-6am

give it a go hun xxx

JulieBannon · #7 (**permalink**) 31-03-09, 21:21

when i was after advice on baby sleep andwers i was told that dream feeds can take while to work, say a week or so.

ladybug · #8 (**permalink**) 31-03-09, 21:33

No harm in giving it a go I reckon. Neither of mine really took to it, just woke at the same time anyways. But I've heard loads of folk say it kept their LOs sleeping for an extra couple of hours.

LittleMissMe · #9 (**permalink**) 31-03-09, 21:37

I usually dreamfeed Dylan when I go to bed and he used to sleep on till about 3 or 4 ish, but now the wee bugger is up around 1am and 5am despite me dream feeding him!!!! I'd say its worth a go

Ellie H · #10 (**permalink**) 01-04-09, 10:15

We used to dreamfeed Ethan at around 11pm just as we were going to bed. Once he'd had this feed he'd sleep 'til around 5:30am to 6am. Occasionally he'd wake earlier.

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