Hey everyone, I have a couple of things I need to ask!
Firstly, weaning! My son is 19 weeks old and have tried him with baby rice and porridge he seemed to really be enjoy the food and the experience (laughing and giggling away), although he wasn't doing it on purpose he was spitting some out. I spoke to my HV about it and she said that I am still best to wait until 6 months because then he can go straight onto adult food (but to watch his salt intake and mash it obviously). I haven't really heard of this before and my sister thinks the same thing but my mum has agreed with my HV, quite confused. I don't feel that he need solids just yet and seems happy enough with his milk feed (BF every 3 or so hours). Any advice though?
Secondly, Sleep (or the lack of it!) Well I read that for my babies age he should be having 3 naps a day(5 hours total) and around 10 hours at night. During the day my son will have several naps and will only sleep for around 30-45 minutes at a time. Not really a problem because I know every baby is different but somes days I feel like he is contantly grumpy because hes tired but wont have a long enough sleep to refresh him which then leads him to be overtired at night. I start my bedtime routine at 7 oclock - which is when he goes for a bath. He is then out by atleast quarter past to get dried and get all his lotions and potions on (cream for eczema and medicince for teething). I put him in his bed after pyjamas are on usually around quarter to - 8 oclock and he falls asleep without any hassle (he also falls asleep no problem during the day). He will sleep for 15-30 minutes then get up which is when he is usually due a feed anyway (I've tried feeding him before bed but he just falls asleep and still gets up to have more), he has a sleepy feed and I try to keep him awake by burping him every few minutes but he seems to like this and falls asleep anyway, so putting him back to bed awake doesn't seem to be an option, ALTHOUGH when I do put him down he will wake up and cry but once given a dummy he will calm down but constantly hits it out as he's all hands. Not sure whether to try and get rid of the dummy or not but thats a whole other story! He will then wake a few times more between 9-10 in a hysterical state and cant seem to be settled by anything even me just being beside which I used to have to be for him to fall asleep. Once he is finally asleep he sleeps to anything between 12-2 which I have always put down to being hungry but HV said to try and just comfort him back to sleep to see if hes just woke up for another reason rather than hunger. With a feed, from then he will sleep from anything between 4-8 so dont feel like hes NOT getting enough sleep at night, its more the getting him to sleep than the sleeping itself.
So so sorry for rambling on, just wanted to give as much info as possible. Thanks Amy xxx