My DD2 is nearly 6 months and still has at least 2 (sometimes 3) feeds between 7pm and 7am, and I know I shouldnt compare as all babies are different but my DD1 and DS1 both slept through by 3-4 months and I was kinda hoping DD2 would be doing the same (wishful thinking!).
I can't decide whether waking her for a feed before I go to bed (10.30-11ish) is actully making things worse, ie am I disturbing her natural sleep pattern and then causing her to wake up more in the night? I tried dreamfeeding for the first time the other night and she took a huge feed at 11pm while still asleep so I was really optimistic for a good night, but she woke up at 2.30am (as usual), not all that hungry but with a heavy nappy (as we usually change her at the 11pm feed when shes awake but didnt want to disturb her after dreamfeed). And then she woke again at 5.40am :(.
Do other bf mums wake their lo's for the late evening feed or do you let them wake when they're ready?
Has anyone had success with dreamfeeding in order to get a decent stretch of sleep?
Thanks (and apologies for the long waffly message)
ps I am new to message boards - how do you get the emoticons into your text? ta