DS is five months old and ebf. He completely shocked (and spoiled!) me by starting to reliably sleep 10, 11 or 12 hours a night from 10 weeks, (DD didn't do that for a year!) and we had six weeks without a single night feed. However, he has now regressed with wild abandon and for the past month has alternated between waking every 45 mins right through the night, or sleeping three hours then waking for a five hour feeding frenzy. Until this started he was a devoted thumbsucker, so if he did wake in the night he could always self soothe, but now only a feed will do - and a full feed, not just a few sucks.
When it first started I assumed growth spurt, but now it's gone on so long I don't know whether we've just got into bad habits... I spoke to the health visitor this morning who suggested starting him on solids which surprised me - other people have suggested it but I thought the health visitor would toe the party line on waiting till 6 mths. We waited with DD, and she was showing far more interest in food than he is so I'm reluctant to jump the gun unless it's really likely to make a difference. Has anyone weaned early and seen an improvement in sleep? Or anyone got any other ideas?! DH thinks "a nice big bottle at bedtime" would do the trick but I'd really rather not go down that route - unless it was guaranteed to work of course! Another health visitor did also say it was probably just the growth spurt lasting an inordinately long time and we should ride it out... But I haven't slept more than two hours in a month, and DD is simultaneously going through the terrible twos so any advice very gratefully received!