Weaning and dropping dream-feed..........probably a Q for GF/routine-y types!

[GuardianMummy]

Hi all

Just wondered if anybody else could share their experience of weaning and dropping the "dream-feed" a la GF routines?

Just starting to wean my 6mo who is in a good GF routine (naps well, sleeping through etc) and wondered when you all dropped the dream-feed and how i.e. did you start to decrease it or just cut it out?

I know what GF suggests but this is based on a 4mo (she says he should have dropped by now as he'd be well on the weaning road by her timings) whereas I waited to wean until 6mo

Anyway...........just wanted to see if anyone had any experiences/tips to share as, obviously, I'd like to avoid him starting to wake if I drop it!

Thanks in advance

P.S. The feed is only 5oz BTW - I've never fed more than that on this feed in preparation for dropping it but think I'm losing my nerve!

My sister and a few friends have said they dropped the dream feed by accident - ie travelling somewhere and it got missed so they decided to wait till baby woke for feed....except baby waited for breakfast.

We're in the same situation ie wanting to lose late feed but didn't start weaning till 6 months....now 7 months and on 2-3 meals per day plus the 5 milk bottles. I figure on picking a weekend and chancing it. Maybe!

Thanks GingaNinja

I've also had a few people say that they dropped it accidentally. Also a friend of mine said she waited to be in your situation (2-3 meals a day) and then just dropped it with both her girls. Her first was making it obvious anyway as she had become very difficult to rouse for the late-feed and took very little. However, the other one was a real greedy thing and would take food/milk whenever offered so they just stopped waking her and she didn't wake automatically for it herself - much to their joy and relief! She's been reassuring me that it will be fine and to just get him on a couple of good meals and drop it! I am tempted to cut it down an ounce every few days and then not waking when we're at 2oz (will take about a week and a half)......see? Told you I was losing my nerve!

We've been in the UK for Christmas (live abroad now) so have actually had a few bad weeks of sleeping - combination of jet-lag, different surroundings, hideous cold which he's never had before (we live in the heat). So I'm waiting for that to sort out and then I'm going to drop it.......promise!

Fingers crossed for you.........let me know how you get on!