I just posted in the baby club asking about dream feeding too
May I ask, my little man is almost 4 weeks and is waking every 3hrs around the clock for a bottle (drinking up to 130 mls!!). I cant see how dream feeding could be possible without feeding him wayyy too frequently and wayyy too much? Is he still too young to introduce dream feeding??
My Oliver is the same, almost 4 weeks and waking up every 3h like he has a clock in his head hihi
He used to take 120ml, for a couple of times i tried even 150ml! then he slept 4 h. But i've been told in hospital that i overfed him! and should reduce to 75ml. Ha! good to say when he's not actepting that at all... I give him again 120ml
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I just posted in the baby club asking about dream feeding too
May I ask, my little man is almost 4 weeks and is waking every 3hrs around the clock for a bottle (drinking up to 130 mls!!). I cant see how dream feeding could be possible without feeding him wayyy too frequently and wayyy too much? Is he still too young to introduce dream feeding??
No such thing I'm afraid. Most babies will only eat when they are hungry. If LO doesn't want the dream feed they just wont accept the bottle/breast to drink from. Prime example with Earl last night. Most nights he'll inhale 7.5oz on his dream feed. Yesterday however he had a large tea (we had missed breakfast due to a Dr's appointment) and he was sleepy due to jabs. Hubby went to give him his dreamfeed. I'd said to expect about 7oz.....after 1oz, he spat the bottle out and would not take any more. Hubby sat with him for 5, tried again, still nothing. So put him back down and he slept through til 6.30 and had his first bottle at 8am as normal. He just didn't need it, so didn't drink it. These babies are far better at judging their own needs than even we are, and certainly more so than a Dr who doesn't know them.