Are growth spurts adjusted for early/late birth?

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Ds was 11 days late by the time he finally arrived, and is now about 11 days off 6 months. In the last couple of days he's been super-hungry in the day and waking for a full feed at night too, which he had previously dropped. So far he's been bf all the way.

Anyone know whether this is the 6 month growth spurt arriving early due to his late birth, or whether I need to crack out the carrot puree this weekend?

The timing of growth spurts varies a lot from child to child, although many go through them at similar-ish times. For example, most of the babies I know had a growth spurt at 12 weeks, but my DS didn't have one between 6 weeks and 4 months.

Mental developmental spurts do go by due date, though and are sometimes (not always) associated with growth spurts to fuel their busy brains.

Whichever it is, breastmilk is more calorific and fatty than any puree, so if he's wanting more food, giving more milk will satisfy him faster than solids - the first few months of solids are more about exploring tastes than they are about filling them up.