glossary
What is a dream feed?
Quick answer: A dream feed is a late-evening feeding (typically 10 to 11 PM) given while the baby stays mostly asleep, aiming to fill the tank right before the parents' own bedtime and buy the household its longest possible stretch.
In practice
For pumping families it pairs neatly with a last pump: partner gives the dream-feed bottle while mom pumps, and everyone banks the same long stretch. Some babies genuinely sleep longer for it; others ignore the scheme entirely, and two weeks of trying answers the question for yours.
In Milk First
Every bag and bottle you add gets its best-by and use-by dates computed automatically from these exact rules, the oldest safe milk sits on top of the Use next queue, and a warning arrives the day before anything expires, while you can still act.
Milk First speaks this whole language for you: seshes logged in two taps, every bag on its correct clock.
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