Looking for advice from those with babies older than 7 months about the changes I'm seeing in my 6.5 month old baby boy.
His behaviour has very suddenly changed over the past week or so. He is suddenly very cranky, grumpy and is only really smiley for the first wake up of the day bless him. He's weaning and has gone from happily trying food (picking up finger food and allowing me to spoon feed purée) to not wanting anything, completely refusing to be spoon fed etc. He wants to hold the spoon which I encourage but then can't feed himself and gets increasingly frustrated and cross. To compound matters he suddenly doesn't want his bottle (he is FF) and the only time he feeds easily is once during the night when he's half asleep and just before I go to bed.
During the day his bottle feeds are a battle which I obviously don't want to happen so rather than force him I just let it pass but then I worry that he's not had milk or food for hours. It's a vicious circle because then he is hungry which makes him angrier, but I can't force feed him!
I've also noticed he seems generally "on edge" as it were, all through the day, eg ready to cry at a moments notice unless you can distract him with a toy or get him to laugh momentarily. It feels like you are walking on eggshells all the time and it feels more like toddler behaviour.
Bless him I just want him to be happy and well fed. Luckily he is massive (top percentile) so I'm not too worried about his weight but obviously I want him to feed.
No obvious signs of teeth yet but I know this could be teething or growth spurt or something. Before 6 months he was the most happy cheerful boy who only ever cried for a specific reason such as hunger / waiting for his bottle to be ready. Am I doing something wrong or is this normal? Will his behaviour change? How can I help him?!
No health visitor appointments any more due to the pandemic and no-one else I can ask. Please give me your wisdom!! Thank you!