6 months - when to make changes?

[blindlyovertherainbow]

DS is just coming up for 25 weeks. Over the coming weeks I'd like to make some changes - namely move him to his own room, introduce solids, and transition from EBF to mixed feeding (for various reasons).
My thought was to move DS into his own room this weekend (at 25 weeks), introduce solids a week later at 26 weeks, then at some point over the next month gradually introduce some formula.
He's teething like mad and still wakes 2 hourly at night so I'm a bit nervous about moving rooms, but DH and I are desperate for our own space back.
Does this sound like a reasonable plan? Or is it all too fast/slow etc?!
First time Mum and not sure how to proceed!

Is he still feeding at night when he wakes? Don't place any reliance on him starting to sleep through when he starts solids or anything like that - it takes till about 10 months for solids to start taking over from milk. There's no real reason you shouldn't do it all at the same time.

Has he had formula before? The only reason I ask is that it's pretty horrible stuff and a lot of EBF babies don't like the taste.

Our dd 28 wks and has taken to blw really well...still 2 night feeds (ebf) though so we are keeping her nearby for now as at least I can feed in my warm bed! Weaning hasnt really altered her sleep...just the nappies and the state of the house Also have you ever expressed? DD never took to it and so cant really figure out a sippy cup (doidy cup great) - would you also have getting used to teats etc to battle through? Believe me, being a newbie to weaning takes a lot of time and cleaning up X

Personally I'd start with the formula. Definitely before weaning as you need to know if any upset tummy is due to the food being eaten or the brand of formula not working for your baby. Fwiw aptimil is supposed to be closest to breast milk in terms of taste ?? And certainly my DS had no trouble with it. Agree with po that if she doesn't already take bottles it may be worth just using a cup from now. DS bottle refused and we started with a cup about 10 weeks, by 6 months he could down it pretty quickly!
Also, formula means your DH can share the night wakings, even if just at weekends.

Then I'd wean to solids a week or so later.

I don't think it matters about moving baby out of the room in relation to the other 2 things so if you want to do that then I'd just go for it now. But you may want to put a mattress on the floor or comfy chair in the babies room for whoever if doing the feeds.

Good luck!

Oh and if you can express, it's worth baby getting used to bottle/cup with expressed milk first. Then mixed milk in stages til you get to full formula. (Same with conversion to cows milk from formula at a year)

Thank you for the replies!
I have been expressing. We've had lots of problems with bottle refusing, but DS will usually take a bottle now, and will take milk from a sippy cup or spoon. To be honest he's usually just fed from the boob at the moment.
It had never occurred to me that he might not like the taste of formula! Thank you for suggesting I check that.
DS feeds every 2h overnight - he's very distractable during the day and I've been trying everything to get him to eat more in the daytime. I think his focus is just better at night so that's when he gets lots of his calories.
I'm under no delusions that his own room or solids will help with sleep! I'm anticipating that things will get worse or stay the same..
Great tip to put a mattress on the floor in his room.
Thanks!

If he's very distractible during the day then may be worth adding some formula in the daytime too. DS liked the interest of a sippy cup and old get much more milk down in a quicker time than breast feeding. It's worth pushing the calories in the day or you'll be doomed to night wakings for a long time to come, and as a pp said, it'll take months before food takes over, it's milk he needs. The old adage of "food is for fun until they're 1".
My DS was nightmare sleeper, still waking similarly to yours at that age. By 7.5 months he was sleeping 6-5. There is hope!!
Good luck!

Hey, this is great info, we're the same at the moment. Just started baby led weaning and she's loving it. We veered to start introducing a bottle or cup and as much as I want to keep giving her breast milk I'm not sure I have the time or the energy to express.
We're going on holiday on three weeks and three little one will hopefully be spending done time in childcare. Is it ludicrous to think she'll be able too take one feed from a cup or bottle by then?

Hey, this is great info, we're the same at the moment. Just started baby led weaning and she's loving it. We veered to start introducing a bottle or cup and as much as I want to keep giving her breast milk I'm not sure I have the time or the energy to express.
We're going on holiday on three weeks and three little one will hopefully be spending done time in childcare. Is it ludicrous to think she'll be able too take one feed from a cup or bottle by then?

No, not ludicrous but start now! Give formular before every breast feed and count as success if even an ounce taken. Easiest to try with a tommee tippee sippy cup or similar as more practical for out and about than a doidy.

Some babies take to a cup very easily. Tbh at this stage, if she's never had a bottle I wouldn't introduce one at all, it would just be something else to wean off in a few months.

Thanks for the hope HP - the sleep deprivation is really killing me.
So is there no reason to use a bottle in a baby 6 months +? I worry with the cup DS will drink too quickly and not know when he is full. Is this silly?

I really never had a problem with DS. The HV suggested melting shut one of the holes to reduce flow when he was using it at 3 months, but he never needed that. He's never over drunk, never vomited after a cup feed. Always stops when he's had enough. Really wouldn't let that put you off going straight to a cup. Worth a try at least.