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Dream feed or leave? 4mo sleeping all night...

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smallbyname · 03/03/2012 13:09

I was wondering if this is a bit weird, just not right, or if I'm just lucky.

My little one had been taking 4 feeds a day, twice a day up to 9oz and the other 2 feeds maybe about 5 or 6. She would feed when she got up, usually about 9am, then every 4 hours approx, so this would include one later in the evening - and she would be awake and hungry for it.
The past couple of days she's been sleeping at the time she would normally be awake for her last feed. I've waited to see if she's woken but she hasn't, and both nights she's slept through till the morning - without being overly hungry for breakfast.
My partner insists that I should be dream feeding her to make sure she's getting enough - but isn't the dream feed not just to make sure they make it through the night?

She always lets me know in no uncertain terms if she's hungry, sometimes she prefers her food in 3.5 hour intervals instead of the 4, but she hasn't needed to be fed before 8am in a good while, but usually 9 is her time to get up.

Maybe it's just a couple of days and we'll get back to normal today (not sleeping until late).

Or should I just leave her if she doesn't appear to be hungry?

Confused much!?

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LikeAnAdventCandleButNotQuite · 03/03/2012 13:15

Maybe try and re-jig her quantities around. So at the moment, from what you say above, she's having 30oz in a 24 hour period (2x 9oz, 2x 6oz) at 9,1,5,9?

What time does she go to bed? If it's say, 7pm, why not try 9am (6oz) 12pm (6oz) 3pm (9oz) 7pm (9oz)? Then, she's having the most milk before bed, and will, hopefully, be happy to take 6oz in the morning?

OlivesIncubator · 03/03/2012 19:18

Is your child real? Or an angel? Does she give lessons to other babies? If so I am signing mine up! Envy

Natzer · 03/03/2012 19:42

I would say leave her if she is happy. She is having enough during the day by the looks of it. Unless of course she is small and needs to gain weight.

I used to dream feed my dd but still found she was waking at 4 or 5, by cutting the dream feed she slept through.

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