DS has woken a few times in the past couple of days with real crying. He's not been startled awake or disturbed so I face to guess its teething or reflux. He's most often really happy when he wakes, or sometimes just really quiet and sleepy. I wasn't sure if it was common for them to sometimes wake crying, like a bad dream or something?
We're not weaning yet, though I feel quite pressured to do so. Everyone around us and in my family weaned a bit early and seem to want me to do the same. Either for my benefit (to mauve help with sleep or reflux) or perhaps because they want validation. Sometimes DS does seem 'ready' as he gets very intent on grabbing whatever I'm eating and trying to get it into his mouth. However, he's at the stage where he's grabbing everything and mouthing it, so it may not be food he's really wanting though he took a massive bite out of a napkin when I wasn't watching the other day.
Grats on the awesome sleep Spotty. We didn't have a great night.
Whoever was asking about biting - DS has started chomping down really hard recently. He's also fighting and straining lots though, punching, kicking and grabbing handfuls of flesh. I wonder if he's doing it in response to teething pain? It's like his whole body tenses up, and his hands and mouth clamp shut at the same time. I'm trying the delatch and say no method, but I'm not sure it's entirely voluntary. I hope it stops soon either way.