Dream feeds- how do you do it?

Question

For those of you who do a dream feed, what is your typical routine? And do you put your baby down immediately after the feed or hold them up for a bit? My baby had reflux his first couple of months so I was worried about putting him down straight away without burping, I’ve just held him for 10 min before putting him down but I’ve also heard it’s not necessary to do that even with reflux babies. Curious to hear about what you all do!

Answer

My LO typically goes down around 7:30-8:30 depending on the day. I head up to bed around 10 but stop off in his room to dreamfeed. I turn on just his nightlight on his sound machine so I can see (and so I don’t fall asleep in the rocking chair!). Then I take him out of the crib and sit with him to nurse. He always takes to it right away and stays asleep completely. I switch sides about 10 minutes in. Once he’s done on both sides I hold him up for just a minute or two and then back in the crib he goes! He stays asleep and full! He’s been doing really well with the dreamfeed!

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About 2-2½ hour after bedtime she gets her dreamfeed. We don't rally have issues with spitup anymore and she wakes if I move her around to much, so no burping. She gets the bottle, turns it away, I'll wait a minute and offer again and then I either put her straight to bed or sit with her a little and stare at her if I'm not that tired 😅
So far it's been working amazingly!

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She wakes up once after 5 hours. I just leave her in the bassinet while my husband rocks it an gives her her paci to keep her from screaming. Walk out to kitchen, make bottle, go back and pick her up and feed her. I try to get a burp out and then just set her right back in her bassinet and go back to bed. 
If breastfeeding, I would just skip the husband helping and leaving the room part lol.

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I sit up, lay her on the boppy, when she’s done eating, I wait a minute before I lay her back down. I don’t burp her

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we cosleep so my dream feed is usually done while I'm half asleep lol.. I just nurse him on my side and he falls asleep. I've never really burped him after the first month

Dream feeds- how do you do it?

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