TTMA dream feeds

[jewel441]

So LO goes down for the night around 7:30 and is up for the day between like 6:30-8 depending on the day. I have been doing a dream feed at 10 or so when I go to bed, but I am not sure if it's helping. The most she has ever done after the dream feed is 4 hrs, usually it's more like 3-3.5 and sometimes as little as 2.5 hrs. I was doing some reading at it seems like there are really mixed views on dream feeds and like it may not actually be helping our nights. Anyone have any thoughts/experience? I feel like she should be sleeping longer I know not all babies do but she was increasing time but the increase seems to be coming from an early bedtime not sleeping later.

LO is almost 10 weeks and somewhere between 10 and 10.5 lbs.

[cinnamonsmiles]

I started a dream feed with DS when he was about 4 months old, and it worked wonderfully up until about 8 months? He would go to bed at ~7 and I would dream feed at about 10/11 before getting to bed myself. I know they recommend ending it at 6mo but sleep....

I've tried to do a dream feed with V though, and it doesn't seem to help. If anything, she seems to wake up sooner for a feed than normal (like 3am instead of her regular 5am).

[carissa325]

I did it with ds and it didn't make a difference at all so haven't tried it this time.

[rosetyler72]

Never done them but DS sleeps a good 4-6 hr stretch most nights. He goes to bed at 7:30-8. The very limited reading about infant sleep seems to suggest that it isn't helpful, but every baby is different.

[zombiesquad]

Dream feeds totally backfired on me. I'd put D down at 8 and dream feed around 10-10:30 and he'd be up all hours of the night. Now he seems to naturally wake to eat between 9:30 and 10:30 but he's sleeping longer than be ever has after I put him back down. So his sleep cycle is nothing to mess with at this point.