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Dreamfeed / routine question

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MtnBikeChick · 01/12/2013 07:30

Also posted in feeding!

I have a 5.5 week old baby (DS2) who is a very good feeder and sleeper. He has gained 1.5kgs since birth and is now 5.2kgs. He goes to bed no problem at 7pm and until last week I was waking him to feed him at 11pm. We did this 11pm 'dream feed' with DS1 and it worked well. However, last week I forgot to set my alarm for 11pm Nd woke up at 3am, boobs killing me. Woke DS2 and fed him and he went back down until 7am. Following night I did the same. - no 11pm feed and he woke himself at 345am. Last night I tested the 11pm feed again and it made no difference- he was awake at 3am and then 630am and uncomfortably windy and farty. Am trying to decide what to do... My instinct says sod the 11pm as it isn't making and difference, and I guess I can always reintroduce it at a later date if I need to. Experience if this/thoughts anyone? Thank you!

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BarberryRicePud · 01/12/2013 09:18

A dream feed didn't work for either of mine. I persisted with DS and it just enforced an additional wakeup time! I'd learnt my lesson when dd came along.

IME it simply doesn't suit some babies. I'd go with one wake up at 3am and thank my bloody lucky stars!!

AnythingNotEverything · 01/12/2013 09:20

Yep - scrap the dreamfeedand then count your lucky stars.

Thurlow · 01/12/2013 09:25

I'd scrap it at the moment. I don't think DD really got the dreamfeed until 10-12 weeks really, but then it moved that 3am wake up to 5am ish, made a big difference. If it's not working now drop it, but maybe see if it works again later.

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purplemurple1 · 01/12/2013 16:05

it doesn't work for mine either, we tried it in the early days and I've retried it the last couple of nights in the hope of not needing a feed in the night (he is 3months) and it makes no difference to his other feeed times, so I'll not be bothering.

PenguinsDontEatPancakes · 01/12/2013 17:29

Dream feeds did nothing for mine either.

Mind you, DD1 was a good sleeper until about 15 weeks (roughly the pattern you are describing) when it all went to pot and DD2 never slept well no matter what you did.

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MtnBikeChick · 01/12/2013 19:26

Thanks everyone, I will put the dreamfeed on hold for now. Yes I am thanking my lucky stars.... My DS1 was a great sleeper and slept thru from 7 weeks. I think we're just genetically lazy....

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MJP1 · 01/12/2013 20:20

Dream feed didn't work for us either, I found I was waking my baby up to feed her when she really wasn't fussed, although it was a bit my odd obsession with waking her up to feed her every 3 hours as I was breastfeeding her, it took me a good while to really understand breastfeeding on demand.??

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