Dream feeding?

Question

Is anyone still dream feeding their baby? My baby will be 4 months in a few weeks and I’ve still been dream feeding her at night before I go to bed. She drinks exclusively breast milk, but takes it from a bottle (I exclusively pump for her). She eats 4 oz around 7:30-8pm and then goes to sleep for the night, but I will give her another bottle around 11-11:30pm before I go to bed for the night. She doesn’t wake up much for the last bottle but will drink it all. She then sleeps until 7:30-8am the next morning. Just wondering when/if I should stop doing the 11pm feed? Anyone know if there’s a time frame when dream feeding isn’t recommended? I don’t want to be over feeding her, but she only drinks about 24oz total per day. FTM so just trying to figure out what I’m doing 😂

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My twins (exclusively breastfed) have a feed at 8pm and off to bed (still swaddled) and I dream-feed them at 11-1130-ish. If I don’t they wake at about 1230-1:30 for a feed. With the 1130 feed they still wake at 430-5-ish for a feed (with dream feed or 1230-1:30 feed they will wake at this time)
I use the dream feed so it lines up with the time I go to bed, to allow me to get the longest stretch possible of sleep. 
They have had the odd night where they have slept through till about 6:30-730, but it’s not common.

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I don't know much about dreamfeeding but I wouldnt worry about overfeeding...I think it should be around 28-32oz/day at that time? My 4 month old boy eats about 32oz 😩

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My daughter stop dram feeding or waking up at all from 2 weeks. She goes down at 7pm and wakes up at 630-645am. Eats about 27oz a day but she just doesn’t wake to feed and I don’t wake her

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I haven’t dropped our dream feed yet because my guy still wakes up once a night to eat l so I’m worried about what would happen if we stopped. Lol. I thought about trying to skip the dream feed this upcoming  weekend so I can be sleep deprived and it be okay.

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I stopped dream feeding for 2 reasons. My LO wouldn't wake up enough for a full feeding...so it didnt make a difference when it came to MOTN feeding. She still woke up around 2:30 to eat.

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I do basically the same thing except he is on formula...bath at 8, bottle at 8:30 (6oz) and then another bottle at 11:30/12 (4 to 6oz) and then he sleeps til 7:30 eats again and goes back to sleep til like 9

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My 3 month old has his last bottle around 830 and sleeps until 630/7 with no dream feed. I didn’t find it made a difference. All you can do is try it! Could you try giving her more through the day so she’s still getting the same amount?

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My little guy gets his last bottle around 7:30 and sleeps until around 6. I don't dream feed, but I never have. He also only eats about 22-24oz, all during the day.

Dream feeding?

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