Hello everyone, so my little boy is 3 and half months now and he has stopped sleeping through the night.
We go to a point around about when he was 1 and a half months old that he could finally sleep through the night. Go to bed at 10pm and not be up again until a 5:30am without a fuss. That was a good amount of sleep; I was pleased with that. I just had to make sure my boobs were full at 21:30 when boob time started and he would drink everything and go straight to sleep.
Now he is up at 2/3am every night and we're back to square one doing the night feeds. My hunch is telling me he is hungry because he is bigger.
He has always been a large baby. He measured 6.8kg back in May (2 months old) putting him in the 92nd percentile. He has always had a big appetite.
I don't think breast milk is sustaining him anymore. I'm thinking of starting a few solids with his milk even if only at night. Like mixing a bit of Farleys rusk in with it to bulk it out, maybe. Or even cerelac or something.
Did anyone else start solids earlier than 6 months? Has anyone else got a larger baby with a big appetite?
How long should I let my 11 week old go without a feed at night?
Recommendations for cups?
Screaming at bedtime again! 😬
Just don't. It's dangerous and milk is the most nutritious food he can have until 12 months. Start introducing solids at 6 months or so once baby shows the signs of readiness - it won't make any difference to baby's sleep, if anything it'll make it worse at first due to digestion challenges.I know it's hard, but waking up often is completely normal and natural and protects baby from SIDS. Sleep is developmental and there isn't much you can do to change it. The best is to focus of how you can get the most sleep. Maybe shifts with your partner? Co-sleeping? Napping with your baby? Whatever works for you.
Also it's very common for small babies to sleep through the night for a while and then stop.
You're doing great, your milk is absolutely enough for the baby. Sending you strength.
100% agree with this, not sleeping through is totally normal and had nothing to do with hunger.
Farleys rusks have more sugar in then than rich tea biscuits, so if you wouldn't give baby biscuits, these are worse. There main ingredients are flour, sugar and palm oil, there are a lot better options for giving baby for their first foods.
Please speak to your health visitor or see if your council runs a baby weaning course, they'll go through everything that shows baby is ready for weaning and give you advise on the best foods to stay baby on.
Thank you both for replying. I guess it is a bad idea I suppose. I'll keep going with the milk. My friends have suggested trying formula milk, the breast milk substitute rather than solids. That milk is good from birth so maybe that might tickle his fancy, if nothing else. But you're right, no solids.
And thanks for the heads up on Farleys rusk. I knew there was a reason that I used to buy them for myself even before I got pregnant. That's a lot of sugar for a baby (but not for me 🤭)
I will be sure to attend the weaning classes my council do. I just signed up to one today. Hopefully it helps.
Formula milk has less Calories than breast milk
it also doesn’t have sleepy hormones like breast milk does at nighttime. So it’s a waste of money for that. Plus it will mess with your supply. Waking in the night is very normal and doesn’t mean your baby needs solids. Plus early solids are things like vegetables. They don’t have much fat/calories etc and could replace a nutritious breast feed! It sounds like you’re doing a great job. Waking helps prevent Sids too. My three year old wakes in the night sometimes and she eats tons! 
it’s just a normal part of life. Even adults wake sometimes x