Dream feeding as the name implies, is feeding your baby while they are asleep or dreaming. This is used to help baby and mum sleep for longer periods without waking.
The sleep routine i'm trying suggests to dream feed, so last night i gave it a go. I decided to give my little one a bottle instead of the boob as i thought it may be easier. I went in quiet as a mouse with just a little light creeping in through the door. Carefully i pulled back his little blanket and picked him up. It was like picking up a live bomb, at any moment it could go off. I carefully sat down and cradled him in my arms and put the bottle to his mouth. As soon as that bottle hit his lips they were closed for business. He wasn't having any of it. I pulled the bottle away and waited a few seconds and tried again, and again he shut is little lips tight.
An hour or so passed and i decided to give it another go before i went to bed. I creeped back in and picked him up. This time i put the bottle to his lips he sucked for about 5 seconds...and that was it. I tried again and it seemed to wake him up so i panicked and quickly put him back in his bed. I walked out of the room shaking my head and told my partner "this is stupid now i've bloody woken him up".
But he didn't wake up properly, just rustled around for a minute then went back to sleep. I went to bed and as i started to hear the little cries telling me to wake up i checked my phone and realised it was 2:30am and my clever little man had slept for 6hrs. I couldn't believe it i was so proud of him, this was the longest River has slept EVER.
Now i'm not 100% sure if River sleeping for 6hrs had anything to do with the 5 second dream feed i gave him, but i will definitely be trying it again tonight.
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