So, 7 mo twins, not the best sleepers (been on this forum looking for help a few times already!). We've had quite a lot of success night weaning one of them (smaller one, oddly) by giving him his dummy instead, so he hasn't really eaten much in the night all week (yay!). The other one is still having 2-3 substantial feeds every night. Tried dummy, stroking, the works, only thing that will send him back to sleep is a feed. I honestly don't know if he is hungry or if it is just a sleep association, but I am still trying to stuff him full of as many calories as possible during the day.
We've been baby led weaning with a bit of success for about 2 weeks (they're prem, so started a bit late) - lots of licking etc but obviously only tiny amounts actually being swallowed at the minute. I'm toying with the idea of giving him a bit of a spoon feed in the afternoon to see if it helps at night, but don't know what to feed him or if it will really help. (Did baby led with my older child too, so bit of a 'traditional' weaning novice!)
So my question, I guess, is does a bit of solid food in the afternoon actually help with sleep, and if so, what kind of food? It seems strange to me because most of the stuff people give babies (puréed veg and the rest) has got far fewer calories than milk, so I don't see why it would fill them up more! Is it just that it takes longer to digest so they feel full for longer? Or is the whole 'solid food = better sleep' just a bit of a myth?
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Heloise1982 · 26/09/2016 14:01
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