Ignoring dream feed

[MissTwister]

My 10 week old has gone from longer sleeps (8-4) to waking up at around 1:30 and then 4 again over last week or so. Last night we introduced a dream feed and gave 2oz of expressed milk at 11pm (all she would take). This had absolutely zero effect and she still woke up at 1:30 but just drank a bit less!

Any tips on getting this to work - does it take time?

It never worked for us. Our baby was hungry when she was hungry and a dream feed made no difference. We just had to go with it. She's now 12 months and still wakes once for a feed but we're used to it now.

I think it depends on the baby. I've never done a dream feed as ds1 was a great sleeper and ds2 (15 weeks) wakes 2/3 times a night so no need.

Maybe keep trying?

We dreamfed DD1 and it worked a treat. So we tried it with DD2 and she wouldn't feed while asleep and didn't wake up then either. So I think it must depend on the baby.

Never worked for us.

Mine would never feed unless they were hungry enough to wake. Dream feeding ended in a baby very cross at being woken up, but not hungry enough to feed themselves to sleep again.

It also made no difference to night waking, as they didn't take a full feed.

If we give our three month old a dream feed, he will next wake between 2am and 4am for his next feed, versus midnight without the dream feed. I think it took a few days for that to come into effect so it's worth trying a few more times, if it works for you.