Hello, hoping somebody out there can tell me what to do!
My 16 week old DS refuses to settle for a feed in the morning once he is up (usually between 7:30 - 8:30). If I sit down to feed him (he is ebf), he screams, arches / goes rigid and generally gets very upset. We've seen various medical types who generally aren't that interested because he's big and putting on lots of weight, so they don't see this as a massive issue. Its been suggested that he is suffering from reflux, so I give him infant gaviscon in the morning. Whilst this sometimes seems to to work, other times it doesn't. I find it distressing that he won't eat, sometimes until as late as 5pm before he has a 'proper' feed for the day.
Also, I'm puzzled by the fact that he feeds quite happily in the evening and his best, most cencerted and focused feeding is overnight. This makes me sceptical of the reflux diagnosis and think that he is really just doing his daytime feeding at night. This would also link to the fact that although he goes to bed at about 8pm, he is then waking for feeds quite frequently, perhaps six times across the twelve-hour 'night' period.
I've just been discussing this with the immunisation nurse who has suggested I start weaning at 17 weeks/4 months - just baby rice as a way to encourgae day-time feeding. I'm aware the guidelines are to exclusively breast-feed until 6 months. Would it just be selfish of me (wanting some longer sleep periods at night) to start on baby rice so soon?
Does anyone have a simialr experience? Any advice?