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Getting a full nights sleep without a dream feed?

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Hevava · 13/03/2015 13:48

My DD is 5 months old and is breastfed although she does have some formula at bedtime and we've just started her on some baby rice. She's generally pretty good at night- goes to sleep at 7 without a fuss, wakes around 2:30 for a feed and usually goes through until 6 before waking up.

My friends with babies give a dream feed and their little ones seem to be going through without needing to feed again in the night after their late feed. I think it's too late to try and introduce a dream feed but I was just wondering- those of you who never did a dream feed- when could I expect her to drop her night feed?

Thanks :-)

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FATEdestiny · 14/03/2015 23:40

Depends on the child.

DC1 wasn't sleeping through by 12 months so we started a dreamfeed then. Dropped it about 2 1/2

DC2 never had a dreamfeed and was sleeping 7-7 by 6 months.

DC3 never had a dreamfeed and was sleeping 7-7 by 5 weeks.

DC4 started having her dreamfeed at 3 months (I think) and is now 5+ months, I'm not planning on dropping it anytime soon because she isn't ready to sleep through.

Heatherbell1978 · 15/03/2015 07:30

Hi DS1 will be 7 months next week and he dropped his 10.30pm feed a week ago so at 6.5 mths. I wouldn't say dreamfeed as he always woke up. We actually started just properly waking him at 10.30, changing his nappy and then feeding him so I wonder if he got pissed off with that! But 2 days in a row he refused milk so we thought, 'fine' and that's him. A couple of weeks before I stopped his 3am feed by gradually reducing his milk. I should add that he's on 3 meals a day and eats well so all this has coincided with me ramping his food intake up.

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