Since JoJo was a few weeks old we have been giving her a Dreamfeed at 10-10:30pm before going to bed. We had some success but it has been real spotty, some nights she will only eat 1 or 2 ounces and others she will eat more then 4 ounces.
I insisted on doing a Dreamfeed because I've read so much about it on multiple blogs and in a few different books. It was my understanding the it was the key to a baby that would sleep through the night. So we Dreamfed, and Dreamfed, until one night when we just stopped. I didn't have a bottled pumped and was exhausted that I couldn't stay away that long so I convinced my husband to skip it.
We dropped the Dreamfeed about three weeks ago and haven't not noticed a difference in her nighttime sleep. We did have a rough few nights when we started the 4th leap of Wonder Weeks but that seems to have past. We've actually have had some of her longest sleep stretches yet, 9, 10, and 11 hours!
She is making up for the dropped feeding with nursing longer at her 4pm and 7pm feeding and waking up happy in the morning so I'm not sad to see it go. Its nice for my husband and I to get to bed early without this last feeding hanging over our heads. Turns out the Dreamfeed isn't for everyone.
I won't lie, I think of it some nights and consider trying it again but then she sleeps great and I forget it.
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