Ds 4 months - too early to start weaning?

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My breastfed baby is showing signs of being very hungry - more night wakings (every hour last night), lack of satisfaction after a feed, trying to grab food out of my hand. I just wondered whether he is too young? I didn't really get going with dd until 4 months, but am concerned he needs to start much earlier. Advice please!

Weaning will not help with hunger - there's almost no food that you can feed your baby that has more calories than breast milk, so if it's hunger, weaning won't help.

I think it's quite common for there to be a growth surge / sleep regression around 4 months, and it's nothing to do with hunger, google for it.

Sorry - it is to do with hunger, but not the inadequacy of breastmilk, just the size of the stomach.

4 months is a growth spurt, ride it out and wean him from 6 months :)

4 month growth spurt.

have you tried putting a clean spoon in his mouth - if he pushed it out then he's not ready.

how long have you thought he might be ready? when i thought my babies were ready i fed more during the day and waited a few days then thought about it again. i started with ds2 when he took a big adult sized rice cake out my hands and ate the whole thing himself (5 1/2months).

I agree with fredfredgeorge; extra feeding at 4 months is the same with mine. Have spoke to breastfeeding specialists and it is normal- and quite common to introduce foods thinking it will help- it doesn't! Google sleep regression, some information on that may help u decide if to start food or not. Personally I haven't.

Is LO grabbing food off plate? Or just grabbing at "things" including food generally? My LO watches me eat but she watches me on the phone, cooking, ironing etc too

Also- is LO teething? They feed more if teething.

Let us know how u get on xx

I meant I weaned dd at 6.5 months oh dear - lack of sleep. I have thought he was frustrated after a feed for a week now but i had a blockd duct last week so that may not have helped. I maybe will wait another week and see how he is. Just hate him crying after a feed and seeming frustrated as makes me feel helpless!

If he's still hungry after a feed, can you not put him back on the first side again?

Well, one week later and he is still waking every hour of the night. RitaMorgan - I do put him back on the previous side if he is unhappy after a feed but it doesn't help. He is still unhappy after a feed so I don't know what is going on. I haven't got the heart to not feed him when he cries although I know I am probably reinforcing his night-waking. Does anyone know how long this 4 month sleep regression lasts for?!

Ours started at 15 weeks and went on for 8 weeks but hopefully yours will be over sooner than that! Hourly feeding really is a killer. I would have gone insane if we hadn't coslept.