FF - when to drop the dream feed?

[bitofadramaqueen]

DS is 4 months old and feeds at 7am, 11am, 2.30pm, 6pm and then has a dream feed at 10.30pm. He gets offered 7oz's at each feed, but will usually only take about 3oz's at his dream feed. Sometimes he doesn't finish daytime bottles, but it doesn't seem to bother him or make him hungrier for his next feed.

The other night he wasn't given his dream feed. I don't think the person babysitting really understood that we normally feed him while he's pretty much asleep and said that he wouldn't wake up for his feed. This happened to be the only night that he slept right through from 7pm till 7am without waking up once!

He would have been pretty tired as he didn't sleep well during the day, but it's made we wonder whether to drop the dream feed. I had planned on keeping it until he was weaned.

Is it worth trying him again without the dream feed, or should I stick to my original plan of keeping it until he's weaned?

I am keeping it until dd (6mths) is fully weaned. Remember, they may go through growth spurts and will need an extra feed. Better to do it at 10.30pm rather than 4am!

I am keeping it until dd (6mths) is fully weaned. Remember, they may go through growth spurts and will need an extra feed. Better to do it at 10.30pm rather than 4am!

don't give him his dream feed. I don't really see the point of dream feeding anyway, if he's asleep enough to not wake for it then it's not necessary.
It's not generally hunger that wakes them, they wake as part of natural sleep rhythms and then if they wake enough they become hungry.
Once DS stopped waking at 10pm I stopped dram feeding and he went thru til morning. Also, if you say he takes v little and the time he wasn't dream fed he went thru then I'd say that's your answer.

We used to dream feed dd at 10.30 and then one night I decided to drop it to see what happened. She was around 4mo then. It didnt change anything. She still slept through.

Maybe give it a go. If he wakes put it back in the next night. Good luck x

My dd2 used to down a whole bottle at her dream feed, whilst half asleep, and then wake at 3 for more and then up at 6 - yikes! She did this until she was 9 or 10 months old. Dd1 on the other hand stopped having a dream feed at about 4 months old, because she used to take so little (2 or 3 oz) it did'nt seem worth it. She slept through at about 3 months, and didn't start waking in the night when we stopped the dream feed. I would stop it and see whether he wakes up, you can always start doing it again.

Thanks everyone. Just to confuse me, he sank a full bottle at last night's dream feed! Am going away this weekend, so might try dropping the dream feed again one night next week when we're back and see what happens.