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When did you stop the dream feed for your baby?

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193liz · 10/05/2026 21:59

Do any of you dream feed your babies, at what stage or age of the child did you completely stop, my daughter is 6 nearly 7 months and wondering when to completely drop her 7oz dream feed? She can have it any time between 10.45 to 12.30 depending on what time we go bed but she seems fussy in the night.

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Peonies12 · 12/05/2026 15:58

I wouldn't be purposefully dropping overnight feeds under 12 months but equally I wouldn't be waking them to feed them. Just wait til she wakes, then feed. Not sure what you mean by 'fussy'? In pain?

193liz · 12/05/2026 17:36

Peonies12 · 12/05/2026 15:58

I wouldn't be purposefully dropping overnight feeds under 12 months but equally I wouldn't be waking them to feed them. Just wait til she wakes, then feed. Not sure what you mean by 'fussy'? In pain?

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Like fussy as in wriggling, doesnt keep still and wakes more frequently than usual

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Peonies12 · 12/05/2026 17:57

193liz · 12/05/2026 17:36

Like fussy as in wriggling, doesnt keep still and wakes more frequently than usual

Probably needs less day sleep or later bedtime then, sounds undertired for the night.

193liz · 12/05/2026 23:24

Peonies12 · 12/05/2026 17:57

Probably needs less day sleep or later bedtime then, sounds undertired for the night.

I think the dream feed was disturbing her cause I've dropped the feed and shes been sleeping through and not wriggling around. She only has 2 naps during the day at 30 mins max usually depending on how tired she is

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Peonies12 · 13/05/2026 09:45

193liz · 12/05/2026 23:24

I think the dream feed was disturbing her cause I've dropped the feed and shes been sleeping through and not wriggling around. She only has 2 naps during the day at 30 mins max usually depending on how tired she is

Yeah I never did a dream feed, as you are disturbing their sleep cycle. I waited til mine woke on her own, she was much quicker to have a feed and go back if I did that.

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