Dream feeds

[Willow01]

Have you started doing this/are doing it? Are you picking your baby up out of their basket to do this and then burping after or are you feeding in the basket and not burping? Thanks

 

[Rainbow82]

We started this pretty young and still have to do it or DS refuses bottles we pick him up feed him burp him and out him back, if he's really deep asleep it takes a while to get all the milk into him. Sometimes he wakes just enough to take his bottle quickly but he drops straight off again.

 

[k4th]

How old is your baby?

We did this with dd & used to pick her up from around 6 months, feed & put her straight back down. At that age she didn't take in much air at the dream feed & any air she took, she could burp up herself at that age.

With ds, we wake him to feed at 10.30ish. So lights go on, nappy change, feed & burp. He still needs burping & as pp says - it just takes too long if he's properly asleep - or he hardly has any. In a couple of weeks we'll switch to a "true" dream feed. Oh & he always falls back asleep on the bottle, we turn the lights back out whilst we feed him.

 

[Willow01]

Thanks guys, she is 9 weeks and at the moment going to bed around 8pm and waking around 2pm then again at 6am so wondering if I should introduce the dream feed?

 

[k4th]

Thanks guys, she is 9 weeks and at the moment going to bed around 8pm and waking around 2pm then again at 6am so wondering if I should introduce the dream feed?

It's worth a try. At 9 weeks I'd wake her & change her nappy. And then her nappy should last her until morning, even if you do feed her again. Do it for a few nights before you decide whether it works for you or not - I think sometimes it's introduced & night waking still happens whilst it sets in iyswim?

 

[Elizdia]

Our routine was 8pm bottle and bed time. Then before i went to bed at around 10.30/11, i'd pick DS up and dream feed, he would still be half asleep as in his eyes were shut but he knew what was going on so would have have he's milk. But if I for any reason took the milk out of his mouth he would not open it again. No burping, just straight back down literally took me 5-10 mins. I started this at around 3-4 months. Worked really well for us as then DS would sleep through the night till 7 the next morning.The only thing i used to worry about was the not burping. I tried to burp him at the beginning but he just wouldn't burp as he was asleep. I could be trying for 20 mins. So i decided to start putting him back without burping and it was fine. Sometimes when i'd pick him up in the morning he'd burp.

 

[Willow01]

Thanks guys! The not burping worries me too, now I am giving her a bottles as advised before bed and she has started to sleep through until around 4.30-5am which is better than before!! She always seems to just not want the late bottle though but now don't want to stop it as it has made good progress! Is it ok to not burp she is 10 weeks now?