DS is coming up for 28 weeks, he is a big, strong, very physical lad, crawls lots and loves his food. We are doing a mix of BLW and puree as he likes grabbing spoon and eating puree as well as using his mitten-like grab to pick up and gum/chew finger food. He started with mush at 23 weeks as was showing all developmental signs of readiness.
He has 2 meals of solids a day plus BFs on demand, about every 4 hours.
But he's very distractible - less and less interested in BF-ing during day and will only really BF properly when swaddled, on a BF cushion, when sleepy and getting ready for nap or just woken from nap.
A typical day/night goes like this:
4.30am: Get into our bed and BF for about 20 mins, then snack on and off. Stays in bed until we all get up (because I can't be arsed to stay awake to put him back in his bed at this ungodly hour)
6.00am: Get up and play (we get up early)
8.30am: BF for about 20 mins and then nap til 10.00am ish. (1.5 hour nap)
10.30am: Quick BF ( sucks for a few mins to quench thirst) then has solids - something like mashed avocado (about -2 or 3 dessert spoons full) mixed with EBM and something else, like pureed mango or carrot. Plus a crust of toasted brown pitta bread or a slice of pear.
Followed by BF being offered, plus sips of water from beaker with spout.
Plays on floor with me and his toys (he is crawling. A lot.)
12.00pm: Big BF followed by nap 2 (about 1 hour). BF offered on waking, quick suck to quench thirst then wants to get up
2.30pm: Second lot of solids - say, third of a mashed banana with rice cereal and EBM, then finger food like stick of cheddar, steamed broccoli floret/slice of mango/sticks of steamed carrot/raw cucumber which he gnaws enthusiastically. BF offered afterwards.
More playing and crawling. Water and BF offered, water chucked about, BF declined.
4.30pm: Another decent BF then swim/bath til 6.30pm
6.30-7.15pm: Big pre-bedtime BF and falls asleep (after being jiggled and shushed for anything from 15 mins - to an hour if we are unlucky). Is put in his cot next to our bed.
At some point between 10.30pm- 12.00pm: Gets into bed and has a big BF, then is put back into bedside cot
Sorry long post.
Am I doing this right? Is he eating enough? Is he doing most of his drinkign at night and is this bad?
Help! Thanks