Family Variable

Put simply a dream feed is commonly done between the hours of 10pm 11pm or before mum and dads bed time. But bear with us because a dream feed can in theory mean more shut-eye for you and allow you to sleep longer.

The Dream Feed When What How To Dream Feed The Right Way Kyte Baby

You can with time add in that dream feed if you want them to sleep.

Can dream feed disrupt sleep. Although there may be some babies that will happily continue with a dream feed well into the second half of their first year for many others their sleep becomes disrupted. It may take a few nights for your baby to get used to a dream feed. This will mean baby sleeps a long restorative stretch.

Your child might actually enjoy having a feed-free night so that they can sleep through but if theyre used to the habit then dream feeds might be missed. Dream feeding might wake up your baby more and lead to trouble falling back to sleep or result in more night wakings because you disrupted that first very restorative period of sleep. In older babies it is often more productive to either follow their lead or drop unnecessary feedings.

It can take that long for baby to get used to it. If you are new to dream feeding youll want to try it for a week before deciding if it is working or not. Despite your best intentions there are also some inadvertent negative consequences that can accompany a dream feed.

The dream feed should be conducted around 1000-1100 pm before the parents go to sleep. It is done most times before you sleep in the night in anticipation that the feed will make them full of giving more hours of sleep. Most parents will use it for just a few weeks or months and find that their baby naturally begins to sleep longer.

When it works a dream feed is completely safe and a wonderful thing. Dream feeding was a new concept for me. It is a method used to fill the baby up with milk at night without waking them.

With the right guidance it will be easier than trying to do without. If you fall asleep with low blood sugar it can disrupt your sleep pattern and lead to nightmares studies say. Babies who go to sleep between 6 and 8 pm.

Dream feed means you feed your baby at some point in the night. I hadnt heard the term before but was definitely open to trying new tactics to promote sleep. If your baby consistently wakes shortly after the dream feed its likely you have a sleep problem on your hands that involves more than simple hunger.

Often wake out of hunger in the middle of the night. If youre doing the dream feed to help align your babys long stretch of sleep with your sleep youll want to do the dream feed before you go to bed. Waking your baby from a deep sleep to feed may actually disrupt your babys natural sleepwake rhythm and interfere with her natural 24-hour cycle.

The idea and theory behind it made a lot of sense and after about a week of doing it consistently those 1248am feedings soon subsided and we were both waking around 6am. If you find a dream feed wakes your baby up right after midnight drop it and see what happens. Adding a dream feed in older babies tends to disrupt sleep.

Dream feeding may also backfire in the long run because baby will get used to having an extra feed overnight. The best advice is to eat a light snack if youre hungry and avoid alcohol and. While a dream feed is a wonderful tool to help your baby sleep through the night at a younger age there does come a point where it is necessary to wean them.

1030 pm just before you settle to bed yourself. It might work out better for baby to simply go to bed at night sleep a long stretch and then wake up for that 1230 am feed. The Downside of Dream Feed.

Dream feeding is when you rouse your babywithout fully wakingto feed one more time before you turn in for the night. Dream feed can disrupt sleep and it can become a nightmare if you dont do it right. As your little one gets older dropping this dream feed should be easier since your baby wont be accustomed to waking for it.

Starting dream feeds in the early days may help to establish longer sleep patterns by eliminating wakings due to a rumbly tummy. You run the risk of waking them too much when you wake them for the dream feed. Because the baby is essentially asleep or drowsy during the dream feed their sleep remains uninterrupted.

The stopping of dream feeding can be a tricky one for you baby but it can be done. If your baby wakes up during a dream feed soothe her back to sleep as you would at bedtime. But dream feeding isnt meant to be a permanent solution to your babys sleep.

Essentially by dream feeding your baby youre pre-empting a feed feeding them before theyre ready so that they dont wake up starving hungry and screaming to tell you so in the middle of the night. A dream feed wont work well for babies who are extra-alert and perceptive. It is important not to dream feed baby too late or it may disrupt sleep andor cause night wakings.

A lot of parents are reluctant to try it as they feel it will wake their baby however you wont know until you try. A dream feed will do nothing to fix a persistent sleep association. I recommend that this feed is offered at approx.

If you go to bed early and have your partnerspouse give the dream feed and you can get even more sleep. A dream feed is a feed that you give a baby when they have already gone to sleep for the night.