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It is a growth spurt! Don’t panic it’s exhausting but most definitely does pass

Thank you! Thank god. Mil seems to think she needs three meals a day now and we're starving her!!

I always found with my babies that just as you feel you have got it all figured out they decide to have a growth spurt and it all goes out of the window

But yes, I do remember growth spurts at 6 months, and my rule of thumb is that if I can remember it a few years later, it must have been bad enough to make me remember it!

Plus there's more calories in milk than in a bit of mashed carrot or whatever, so you're not starving her.

Glad it's just a growth spurt. I'm absolutely exhausted, going to bed has become a battle. She's at the 'scream when mum and Dad walk away' faze too. Extra demanding! No we are sticking with milk I won't be upping her food intake!

I remember these 6 months spurts/sleep regressions too, awful!

Both of mine were very ready to ramp up to 3 meals a day by 6 months but every baby is different. I do remember that by 7 months dd1 was getting a bit of milky porridge before bedtime that seemed to really help her do a bit longer of a first stretch, maybe up to 4 hours?

That didn't work with dd2 though . Hang in there.

Thank you. It's a relief to hear I'm not alone and it will end.
Yes it felt like she'd just started sleeping and the newborn endless nights had stopped and now feels like she's a newborn again!!! X

I agree with HalfStar re: milky porridge before bed! I still give DS porridge before bed sometimes