https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 23:42:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2423324 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:30:30 +0000 Finfan 2423324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: I don't do them for the same reason. I'm not sure it really helps. But I know parents who swear by them so to each their own, I guess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2423277 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:57:08 +0000 edelweiss 2423277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i could not bring myself to do dream feedings, as i was worried about creating a habit for them that they would otherwise not have developed. i know it works for people, i was just too chicken! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2423275 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:55:57 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2423275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't. DD wakes up when she's picked up so I don't think it would work for her. She wakes up once a night and has STTN a few times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2423251 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:42:02 +0000 travellingbee 2423251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They did not work for us with #1 because he would freak out when put down. But I'll try again with this one when he's ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2423236 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:33:08 +0000 erinbaderin 2423236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did - we sleep trained our son at 5 months and the sleep doula suggested that a dream feed between 10 and 11pm would help him make it through. It worked for us, he didn't wake up, and once he got bigger and we thought he didn't need the extra food anymore we were able to drop it without distressing him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2423204 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:04:38 +0000 snowjewelz 2423204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never worked for us... We let DD set the pace and she didn't STTN till almost 9 months :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422896 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 23:09:43 +0000 sapphire 2422896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never worked for my LO- she would wake up and be too awake! However she's slept well through the night from early on so it never seemed necessary. Couldn't hurt to try but most babies they are eating enough during the day don't need to eat overnight. And if your baby has any trouble *falling* asleep at night I wouldn't do it since you're reinforcing the need to feed to fall asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422874 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 22:32:15 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2422874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No - I never did any dream feeds. My pediatrician agrees with @SweetiePie:'s that it simply trains them to wake and eat when they would otherwise be sleeping (the opposite of what you want). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422835 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:56:31 +0000 gingerbebe 2422835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did, mostly for weight and reflux issues. Bedtime was 730pm and we would wake him around 1030pm, change him, and he would take a bottle while sleepy. Once he started sleeping from dreamfeed to morning, we adjusted the dreamfeed earlier and earlier. Once he was going from 9pm to morning, we dropped the feed and he was STTN. We only did the DF for about 2 months or less. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422736 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:02:57 +0000 catomd00 2422736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I was always too scared to wake a sleeping baby! Also, it just doesn't seem healthy to mess with their natural sleep cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422683 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:30:40 +0000 SweetiePie 2422683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a dream feed for a week or two around 3 months. I was trying to eliminate his 3am waking (he was going 7pm until 3am). I remember him starting to wake at 11pm when he had previously been sleeping. </p> <p>At our 3 month well visit my pediatrician advised against it when I mentioned it. She said all it does is train them to wake up at the time of the dream feed, so sort of counter productive. (Which is what I was starting to witness). She said it wouldn't change how much he woke during the night, and sometimes a dream feed can make them uncomfortable (since they are half asleep and suckling out of habit/instinct) so they may feel over full and uncomfortable and wake up. Which I guess makes sense? She said to always let them sleep as long as they possibly can during the night, don't wake them to feed (of course this doesn't include newborns who need it in the beginning!)<br /> FWIW my pediatrician does speaking engagements around our city on sleep (that is her area of expertise). So I tend to listen when she gives me sleep advice! But I know infant sleep is a delicate subject, and all babies are different, so do what you think will work for your family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422670 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:06:08 +0000 Foodnerd81 2422670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit7: we had similar dramatics- especially the exit from her room. So no, dream feeds never worked for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422665 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:01:15 +0000 ineebee 2422665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dream feeds worked for us when I was weaning LO from his MOTN feed around 6 or 7 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422664 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:00:46 +0000 birdofafeather 2422664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD2 rocks at dream feeds so I do it. DD1 never figured it out but settled quickly at night so I actually woke her to feed when I was going to sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422652 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:54:39 +0000 Littlebit7 2422652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried a dream feed several times during the depths of my sleep despair. I felt like a secret ninja seal team descending on its target in the night. I think I lost a year of my life holding my breath to not wake her Unfortunatley I don't recall it helping at all<br /> (I'm dramatic I know) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422622 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:23:48 +0000 NovBaby1112 2422622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! DS (3 months) goes to bed early, by 7ish and typically has his last bottle at 6:30, so I feed him another 3-4 ounces around 9/10pm to make sure he sleeps until at least 3am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422615 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:16:08 +0000 PawPrints 2422615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always done a dream feed around 11:30 when we go to bed. LO is a very good night sleeper these days. I have no idea if it helps since we've always done it so I don't have a reference point though. At this point I'm mostly continuing to do it because I love feeding her when she's so cute and sleepy, and she always goes right back to sleep afterward. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422609 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:06:55 +0000 LindsayLou 2422609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is also 5 months, and I wake her up to feed her before I go to bed every night. She usually falls asleep in my husband's lap or mine, sometimes nursing to sleep, sometimes just drifting off. I get ready for bed around 11:30 or midnight, wake her up, change her diaper to get her fully awake, nurse her back to sleep, and put her down in her crib. She was sleeping through the night til around 8ish. But she's in the middle of a growth spurt and has been waking up to eat again around 5 or 6 am, and then waking up for the day around 8 or 9. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-do-dream-feedstop-off-your-sleeping-lo-before-you-sleep#post-2422599 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:54:21 +0000 autumnlove 2422599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 3 is 5 months and her sleep is pretty inconsistent. :-p She can STTN one night, wake 3-4 times the next, sleep in two 4 hour stretches, etc.</p> <p>I go to sleep around 11:30 or midnight when she is asleep...I wonder if I should try a dream feed. </p> <p>Do you do dream feeds? Does it help your LO sleep longer or not? </p>