is 15 weeks too young to introduce solids to bf baby?

[booyhoo]

ds is exclusively bf. however in the past 2/3 weeks he has become very hard to settle to sleep at night and after sleping right through from about 6 weeks has started waking 2-3 times during the night to feed. he is teething at the moment and i know he will be having growth spurts aswell and that the only way to encourage my supply is to feed him but i am totally exhausted by this at the minute and i hae no energy to do even the simplest of things with my older ds (4). i dont want to have to supplement with formula unnecessarily, but i dont want to start him on solids too young either. does anyone have any advice or should i just keep doing as i am?

I think that's the best solution, booyhoo. That way he can get enough milk, he has his mummy right there for comfort when he's feeling miserable, and it's as little disruption as possible for you.

That's exactly what I found worked best for all 3 of mine, and if it works for you, great.

yes my good luck looks a bit like "well good luck with THAT" which I don't mean at all

i just mean, what a good idea

The co-sleeping, I mean, not introducing solids!

Booyoo - sounds like he may be teething coupled with a growth spurt. Ride it out and it will get better, you definitely dont want to start solids yet. Calgel, bonjela teething gel and nelsons teetha granules are all good for teething babies - as are calpol or nurofen infants if they're really suffering. My DS2 (7 months) is teething and waking up lots at night now - the only thing that will settle him is a feed as he needs the comfort and closeness to get over the pain (whereas during the day the other remedies seem to do the trick). On particularly bad nights I cosleep with him too so if its working for you, go with it - and he's fine to go in his cot on other nights or for naps and still self settles fine.