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By: 6 Months In… -

6 Months In… - — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:47:10 +0000

[...] We’ve successfully mastered cloth diapers (a big post on this subject later, I promise), dream feeding and so much more. I’m proud of us, and every damn day I’m proud of her. We’ve [...]

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:35:49 +0000

Ann, I’m a night nanny that helps getting babies to sleep all night, I use the dream feed Method about 90% and it works, I would start the dream
feed @ 9:30 for the 1 st week then 9:00 for the second week and so on
8:30 and eventually that how we cut the dream feed and cosistency is the key
good luck
check out my website http://www.ocnightnannies.com

By: I should keep my mouth shut, but… « Milkymilk

I should keep my mouth shut, but… « Milkymilk — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:11:52 +0000

[...] cry, celebrated their success, and a month later had to do it all over again. I thought about dream feeding her, but I’m just too sleepy at the end of the day. So, while I was fretting about what to [...]

By: What nobody ever told you about motherhood » RookieMoms Blog

What nobody ever told you about motherhood » RookieMoms Blog — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:48:59 +0000

[...] on their belly to sleep (it works!), sneaking some rice cereal in the bottle (never tried it), or trying a dream feed to encourage longer sleeping… or feeding tips like which bottle to use or how to make [...]

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:02:24 +0000

hi, my son is 6 months old, and I still dream feed him. When do they stop doing it? I am afraid to hear him scream in the middle of the night if I stop giving him a bottle @ 10pm. Please share your experience.

By: SusanJane

SusanJane — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:26:16 +0000

hi, i didn’t even know this was an actual method when i did it. and i did it cause i wasn’t able to stay up and wait for her next feeding. so she’s been sleeping all night since 6weeks old.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:08:19 +0000

My first son was a major spitter-upper — total reflux kid — but he didn’t have this problem with the dream feed. I suspect his little body was so relaxed during the entire process, but I don’t really know. I can just say what we did.

My second son was less of a puker. He used to cry out “WAH!” as soon as the bottle ran out each time but he remained asleep other than that noise.

Go figure.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:32:39 +0000

Is there not an issue with burping? When I read this, my first thought was that they’d wake up screaming with a gas bubble soon after… After reading some of the “testimonials” it seems that’s not a problem. Has anyone had any issues with gas?

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:46:30 +0000

We 100% endorse the dream feed. We did it with formula, but still. It made the nights SO much easier when each of us was “on duty” as it were for only 1/2 the night. Its great. Totally great.

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Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:09:09 +0000

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By: angela

angela — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:23:36 +0000

it IS possible to take your baby out of the crib and nurse them while they sleep. i was hestitant to try it at first. after spending all my energy trying to get my son to sleep, why risk it? but i figured if he did wake up, we’d rock him back to sleep as usual and he’d be up to eat at some point anyway….

i nurse my son laying down on my bed — it is easier to get up without disturbing him than from a chair. sometimes he opens an eye or two but is fast asleep by the time i put him back in his crib. and he usually burps on the way back to his room!

By: Pump it up » Rookie Moms

Pump it up » Rookie Moms — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:33:02 +0000

[...] Make the time. It is hard to find time for pumping… especially at first. I didn’t know when I could do it. If you do it right after feeding, that works. If you do it right after putting the baby down for a nap, that works too. Your body will make more. I got in the habit of pumping right before bed while Alec was doing the dream feed. [...]