6 month old still behaving like a newborn, is this right?

[jimijack]

He is bf every 2-3 hours day & night.

Most evenings he will sleep for a one off block of 4-5 hours, but then its sometimes hourly through the night.

I have started weaning this week, hoping things will improve when established.

Tired now.

Sounds like my 7 month old, she still bf every 3-4 hours during the day and there's no pattern at night at all. Sometimes she can go 6 hours between feeds, sometimes just 1 hour.

I'm sorry but as much as she adores her solid food, it's done nothing to help her sleep longer during the night, that really is a myth.

I should think that with solid food, slower to digest foods, the blood sugar should become more stable and not peak & trough as it does with bm???

At what point does bf 2-3 hourly become habitual rather than based on need? iyswim

jimjack, you are describing a normal 2-3 hrly pattern - though the night times sound tough with hourly feeding and hopefully that will ease as your baby gets older. If weaning makes a difference it's prob a coincidence :)

Many human beings have something to eat/drink every 2-3 hours. Babies also like the social and emotional contact :)

Agree with Tiktok and the others, sounds really normal.

I eat and drink every 2-3 hours.

My dd did the same until around 8-9 months when the gaps started to get longer during the day as she was so busy. But she'd make up for it at night time too.

I used to offer more during the day in the hope it would give me a longer break at night (even just two 4 hour blocks). This worked to a point but ultimately, she woke for comfort as well food so not necessarily a bad thing.

Rest as much as you can during the day. Does he have a good nap? As dd was my first, I actually took full advantage of napping when she did for quite a while. I was never embarrassed about it - it was good for me to go to bed when she did, even if it was every other day I'd do it. My friends with more than 1 dc were very jealous!

More for awareness, my dd slept worse when we initially started weaning. Their little bodies are having to digest food never in their body before and it use to unsettle her more at night. Only for the first few weeks and then she went back to 2-4 hours again.

Hi & thanks for the reassurance.

I do not have any routine with him as yet, only a bed time routine. I let him sleep when he wants to, wherever we are.

I have to do the school run and i am terrified of not making it on time so dont sleep, plus the fact that the baby only sleeps for 20 mins to an hour, never any more in the day.

I tend to just get on with stuff.

That said, i am desperate to avoid the sleep issues i had with ds1, he didnt sleep a full night through until he was 5 and at school. I will not tolerate this again. So i am keen to begin sleep training as soon as possible. I thought the best time would be when established with solid foods.
I intend to continue to bf until he is 12 months old. Its going well and we both really enjoy it.

I just need sleep...soon pretty please