am i being a bit dim? what exactly is a dream feed?

[crackpotdog]

we have 7wo and feed overnight, but what is the efinition of a dream feed? seen people talking on here about them but ? what 1 is!!

It's when you pick a baby up and feed it while it is still sleeping. I did it just before I went to bed instead of waiting for them t wake me IYSWIM.

Doesn't work for all babies. Mine used to stay asleep and feed. I recommended it to a friend who said if she picked her baby up she would have woken her up and she would have been wide awake!!!

probably a bit early as in the baby is a little small, for the dream feed but usually its around 11pm last feed of the night, when u have a knda of routine going, about 14wks might be the time for it to start , but baby would be in bed 7/8pm and then you lift for that "dream feed" at 10.30/11pm and settle back in for the night or maybe u might have to feed again in the night and morning then.

but baby is asleep and u lift for the dream ffeeed. hth

but we are formula feeding, can you do dream feed with this?

Don't bother with dream feed, will just disturb your baby. That's just my opinion!

yes u can crackpot.

I was very sceptical but now baby nearly 12 weeks works quite well....as said down between 7-9ish depending how grumpy/tired...then lift still asleep when I go to bed between 11-12 with any luck she feeds and stays asleep so straight back down after feed then with any luck sleep through till 6-7am ...doesn't always work though and sill sometimes wake between 2-4 for another feed ....am BF but can't see why wouldn't work as well with ff

hhhmmm, I was wondering about this too. Surely if baby is sleeping there is no need to disturb them and they will let you know when they need fed?

I couldn't see the point either but it does seem to work - the whole point being you don't WAKE the babe at all just let them feed still asleep so that you can get some unbroken sleep - ie I would prefer to dreamsleep when I go to bed when she has been asleep for 4 hrs than wait till 2am when she wakes ravenous and I have only had 2 hours sleep....if it works and she then goes till 6am I can end up with 6hrs unbroken sleep as opposed to broken sleep .....but it didn't work till mine was bit older and able to go that 6 hours

We do this and started when DD regularly woke at 11.30 each night - we're early to bed so dream feed her a bottle at 10pm and this mostly sees her thro the night.

I have to say we both thought it was madness but it has worked well for 3 mths now (since she was 4 mths old), we BF during the day and FF at night