to introduce dream feed or not?
hi ladies,
My almost 6 week old boy has been a wonderful night sleeper since we brought him home from the hospital...he started with a 4 hour stretch/feed and nappy change/2-3 hour stretch and now that first 4 hour stretch has become a minimum of 6 hours and sometimes even 7-8 hours :) he's also a big boy - 4 kilos when born and now close to 5.
I've started reading the Baby Whisperer and for the past 2 days have got him now going down for good 1-1.5 hour naps during the day as well as part of the E.A.S.Y routine (he tended to stay more awake during day before) but not sure about the whole dream feed business. He is exclusively breastfed although takes a bottle fine (had to give him a few times with expressed milk while having sore nips). I tried to do it last night and he was down and out and nothing would get him to open his mouth! His last feed normally is around 8.30-9pmish before his long stretch of sleep, however last night I fed him at around 6.30/7pm hoping to get the dreamfeed in which didn't work...he then woke for the first time at 11pm, then 4pm then about 7am. Do you think I should keep trying to dreamfeed around 10/11 or just stick with what I've been doing (last feed around 8.30/9) since this already works...or am I setting myself up for something later on by doing this? Hope this makes sense and look forward to some feedback! thanks! x
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