Still needs a dreamfeed at 9 months old

[kitkat321]

Firstly, I'm not complaining. My girl is a fab sleeper who after her 10/10:30pm dream feed sleeps through to 6/7 am.

She still wakes up for her dreamfeed (I've tried just leaving her but she always wakes up before midnight for a feed). She's also still taking 5 - 7 oz which makes me think she's still hungry.

She's on solids and takes 3 meals a day with a 3 course dinner plus occassional snacks - today she had weetabix, french toast, some rice crackers, chilli, fruit and a ginger biscuit. Bottle wise, she'll have 5 - 7 oz when she wakes up and maybe a few oz at 10 am and again in the late afternoon before taking 7oz before bed and then her dream feed.

I know she should still be having 20 oz a day but it seems like most of this is concentrated in the evening - I've tried offering more milk during the day but she's not interested.

Part of me likes the fact that we get another week cuddle before bedtime but I also don't want it to become habit rather than necessity.

Should I just keep going and hope that she drops it herself?

Yes, at 9 months she's still little and could well still be hungry! I'd keep on till 12 months and then reconsider then.

Hmm...tonight I am having to let my 17 month old CIO if she demands her 11pm feed (which she has done since day one). I wish, wish, wish we had stopped it at nine months (but she started teething and, well....You know the rest). Do it. Do it now before you're saddled with a baby who is waking and asking for milkies when you know full well the child is not hungry. Your baby's not hungry either.

Hmm, conflicting advice!! I keep hoping that the amount she takes will drop and I can just cut it out but she still seems hungry. It's not a comfort thing as we don't cuddle her to sleep and often she's still wide awake after her bottle and just goes back to sleep herself.

I really don't want it to become a habit!!

It's a habit now. Her solids are adequate so trust yourself.

P.a...I didn't take milk through when my baby woke 20 mins ago and she went back to sleep after some Flymo-type whining that only lasted 5 minutes

*I meant 'p.s', not pa!

We tried stopping the dream feed and it did work BUT DD then woke between 4.30 & 5.15 as she was hungry &, as she'd had quite a lot of sleep by then, rarely went back to sleep. After a week, we reintroduced the dream feed!

DS had a dream feed till 11 months but then slept through straight away so we realised he probably could have dropped it sooner.

DS still has a dream feed around midnight, he is 3.8

I honestly wouldn't worry