https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:57:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-dream-feeds-worked-for-your-lo#post-2376183 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 20:27:49 +0000 JennyPenny 2376183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We dropped our dream feed around 7-8 mo if I recall correctly and we'd been doing it since very early on. We did the same as @gingerbebe, fewer ounces and slightly earlier every few days. Worked like a charm and didn't see any changes in sleep. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-dream-feeds-worked-for-your-lo#post-2376144 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:37:11 +0000 PawPrints 2376144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been doing a dreamfeed before DH and I go to bed for as long as I can remember, like basically since DD was born pretty much. She's 8 months and I don't see us stopping anytime. I love that time with her all snuggly and content. She STTN every night until 6-7am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-dream-feeds-worked-for-your-lo#post-2376082 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:22:24 +0000 erinbaderin 2376082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at about five months, and kept it up until probably 8 months? And even then it wasn't that it stopped working, it was just that I figured he didn't need it anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-dream-feeds-worked-for-your-lo#post-2376051 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:52:15 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2376051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it for a long time but I had a very small lo. Prob about s year </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-dream-feeds-worked-for-your-lo#post-2376023 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:23:47 +0000 gingerbebe 2376023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were bottlefeeding the dreamfeed, so if you're nursing, you can just do fewer minutes, or at some point the baby isn't interested in nursing bc they are too sleepy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-dream-feeds-worked-for-your-lo#post-2376022 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:23:02 +0000 gingerbebe 2376022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son did dreamfeeds for a short time - we started at like 12 weeks and went until 4.5 months? We gradually pushed the dreamfeed earlier and with less ounces - so 1030pm with 4oz, then 10pm, then 930pm with 3oz, 9pm with 3oz, then dropped (bc last feeding was at 7-730pm). At each point, we would see if he slept through. If he did, we stuck with the new time/amount. If he woke early, we went back to the old amount and tried again a few days later. Eventually he just slept through after his bedtime feed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-dream-feeds-worked-for-your-lo#post-2376014 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:14:32 +0000 mrsrain 2376014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember the exact age, but when we got the okay from our pediatrician to train her to sttn we started pushing the dream feed a little later every few nights until we dropped it completely.</p> <p>Edited to add: I added in a pumping session before bed for a while but eventually dropped that and allowed my supply to adjust. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-dream-feeds-worked-for-your-lo#post-2376007 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:10:31 +0000 ChitownRo 2376007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started dream feeds early... maybe like 2 months? Or even 6 weeks? It was awesome. I EP'd, so I could count his ounces consumed... once he increased the amount he drank during the day, I cut out the dream feed. It was pretty easy. (And I think around when we started solids too) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-dream-feeds-worked-for-your-lo#post-2375998 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:05:41 +0000 Mommy Finger 2375998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just started trying a dream feed for DS2 who is 5 1/2 mo this week. Previously, he was going to bed at 7 and waking at 1:30 am and 5am to eat and then would sleep until 7. I tried a dream feed when I went to be around 10 pm and he slept until 6 am. This works out perfectly for me since that's when I need to get up anyways to get ready for work. And then he goes back to sleep for another hour. This is the first time in a very long time that I've gotten 6+ hours of continuous sleep so I'm thinking that we're going to keep this up.</p> <p>My question to those who have had success doing a dream feed, how long did it work for you and how did you know when to stop? My only concern is that I used to pump before bed to cover any shortage from what I pumped during the day and then anything else would grow my freezer stash. I'm bummed not to be adding to it right now but it's so much better feeding a sleepy, cuddly baby rather than attaching to the pump! </p>