Dream Feeding?

[frankie707]

Might sound a bit dense but what do you ladies mean by 'dream feeding'??

 

[scaredmum2be]

i think u wake them up in the night an feed them if there half sleepy maybe?? im not sure myself but its just a guess lol. I dont like dream feedin i know its suppose to make them go longer or something but id rather know when hes hungry properly by him crying so i know between his cries. Id prefer him to tell me not just take him out of cot an feed him or is it when they cry an cant settle half sleepy?? cant actually remember lol x

 

[megsmeadow]

It's when you feed baby during the night before they have woken up. So you know they are due to wake, say at 3am, so you lift him/her at 2.30am and give a feed while they are still asleep or in a light sleep. That way they should settle really quickly again as they haven't woken up hungry and alert. Hope that makes sense!

 

[flexilexi394]

does it actually work? like do they actually latch on? x

 

[Lacey's Mummy]

I dream feed charley every night. I leave him in his cot while I give him a bottle then when he's finished quickly lift him out, burp him then put him back in his cot. He then goes about 4-5 hours before next feed. If I don't dream feed he only goes 3 hours so it's alot easier for me to do it

 

[isobel84]

noa has his last feed about 8ish, then normally sleeps to 3 ish. I have tried a few times to just put him on the boob when he sleeps at 11.30 and yeah he eats and goes back to sleep again very easy, but he still wakes up at 3 again. so for me its a no.