Dreamfeeds?? When to stop! please help me!!

[beetlgrl]

My daughter is 10 months old and im not sure how to stop the 10.30 dreamfeed... grace has a bottle at 7 b4 bed and she stirs at 10.30 for another then sleeps threw till the morning! i have tried to just stop giving it to her at 10.30 but she wakes at around 3 screaming for it.
Any advice?will she grow out of it or do i have to put up with the screaming?
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[Lila]

hi janna
well you can either make the dreamfeed everyday half an hour earlier or wait for the 3am scream and only offer water...
i´d prefer the first option, just because i can´t hear them scream...:)
hope this helps...and works :)

[Mrs Potts]

Is there a particular reason why you want to stop the 1030 feed? I'm sure my DS was still having one overnight feed at that age (memory is foggy). If it's not a big issue I'd keep giving it to her, she'll stop when she's ready.

I'd just be grateful that she wants it at 1030pm and not at 3am! :)

[Mrs Little]

I agree with 3bubsmum.

Try feeding her at 10.15pm instead. Or try 1/2 an hr incriments, so try 10pm. Do that for a few nights(say about 5 nights in a row). The bring it back some more again...so do 10pm or 9.45pm for another 5 nights. Till you've worked your way back to the last feed at 7pm that you give her.

When you start offering the 10.30pm close to her 7pm feed: example- feed at 7pm put to bed. Then feed again at 7.30. Do that for 5 nights. She should eventually not drink any of it. On the 6th night, don't offer her a bottle at all. You are retraining her metabolism by doing this. Cutting it out altogther and listening to the screaming- probably isn't the easiest way for you (or bubs).

You will find that most CHN, and the like, would say that by 10months they shouldn't need a dreamfeed any longer. I know tresillian say they don't need it at 10 months.

Hope i've helped.

Mrs Little & Son.

[babytoo]

I think she will eventually not take it....my DD is only 6 months old and I used to wait up all night to give her that dream feed at 10.30pm and she would gradually drink less and less of it. One night I decided, right thats it no more feeds at night. She does still wake on occasion but its other issues...the dreaded dummy...all I have to do is replace that and she sleeps again. So, like the others said, it will happen and you can help it along too with the timing.....good luck!