Did your LO sleep better once you started weaning?

[marzipananimal]

I've heard different things about this and wondered what your experience is/was?

DS is 3.5 months and already has very good head control and grabs toys and puts them in his mouth. I definitely won't start before 4 months (and was planning to wait til 6 months) but for the last 3 weeks he's been feeding every 2.5-3.5 hours at night. I'm not sure I can cope with that carrying on til 6 months! And from what I've read there doesn't seem to be a problem with weaning from 4 months if baby seems ready (though I'm happy to be corrected if you can link to some evidence). WWYD?

Not at all. His sleep pattern was exactly the same until he started sleeping through at about 15 months.

dont rush into food. i waited till 6 months and for the whole first month she barely ate anything and I just got frustrated... then at 7 months she started inhaling my freshly prepared food and now we are both very happy.

also sleep got worse when she weaned! slept a dream up until 6 months.... then no sleep month six and month 7, now she is 8 months she sleeps well again.

DS1 slept worse once we started solids from sleeping through at 4 momths, back to waking once or twice a night. Ds2 was no better but wasn't great in the first place tbh! 3 hourly until 7-8 months old.

Some people I know reckon that a bit of baby rice helped at the beginning, but a month or so down the line seemed to be having the same old problems, so it's certainly not a permanent fix.

I know it's hard but it's an awful lot easier to change your routine and expectations, than to change the behaviour of a young baby.

Think of ways you can catch up on sleep at other times, cut yourself some slack in other areas and go with the flow.

And ignore what other people tell you about their babies - they spout all sorts of shite, honestly

Agree people say anything about their babies, ignore them!

But honestly, DS now 8 months and still wakes the same. I dream of more than 2 hours sleep in a row!