Comments on My Baby Sleep Guide: What is a dreamfeed and how do I give it?

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2012-01-05T20:17:40.628-07:00

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2012-01-01T22:10:33.954-07:00

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Debs3693, She may have started to eat more at the ...

2011-12-19T21:57:12.241-07:00

Debs3693,
She may have started to eat more at the df at 4 months due to a growth spurt.

If she takes a small amount at 7 am then it might mean that she really doesn't need the dream feed and isn't terribly hungry then from having it, even though it was a long time prior. Some babies are like this. She may also not be a baby that likes to eat tons first thing in the morning. One of my kids is like this.

I would let solids get more established before dropping the df. One, because issues have occured with the solids and her tummy may be having some issies. Another becauase soem babies have growth spurts rigth now and you want to know, with everything else going on, what is causing what. It will be confusing if you drop the dreamfeed and she continues to wake if she is now hungry, or it is the new problem, or something else. Does she seem to wake hungry in the morning right now, or is the waking not hungry in the morning happening right now? Just make sure to rule out hunger as an issue. With a df at this age it shouldn't be an issue. She should be able to get her food during the day.

I would consider a possible phase going on that will pass. I would also consider reevaluating naps. Make sure she isnt' getting too much day time sleep, the morning nap isn't too early, and that she is going to bed not too late (but also not soo early that it is causing her to wake early as it does with somes babies--you will have to test things to figure this out.

Hi Rachel thank you for this post, I found it very...

2011-12-17T15:31:49.665-07:00

Hi Rachel thank you for this post, I found it very helpful. I have been giving my 6 mth old baby a df since she was about a month old. She has had really bad reflux and I found this was usually one of the best feeds for her. At about 4 months she started to take less and less at the df so we thought she was ready to drop it but then started to increase again! I've also noticed that she seems to take the least amount of all her feeds at her 7am one when I would have thought she should be most hungry. She was sleeping through till 7 most days but in very recent weeks (which seemed to coincide with the introduction of solids) she has started to wake much earlier and has trouble settling herself back to sleep. I would really like to drop the df but I'm very nervous about doing so as I don't what the early morning wakings to get worse as I'm working hard to get her back to waking at a later time.
Any thoughts appreciated. Debs