Solid foods won't necessarily make him sleep more, it actually may backfire & make him sleep WORSE. Also what he's doing is normal, what he was doing is rare & was bound to change. he's also gearing up for a growth spurt so that may be why & he may go back to his old habits of sleeping longer. BTW I'm jealous mine was nursing every 2 hrs at night from birth til he was over a year old when he started sleeping longer & I have 2 older kids & a husband with a severe head injury to tend to so I get the exhausted thing. lol
http://www.tribalbaby.org/babyLedEating.html
Sounds like a growth spurt to me! Solids won't help - every time I started giving more solids with dd she slept worse because her tummy was upset.
I came to accept that I should never count on anything she did as normal. Their schedules and habits change constantly due to growth spurts, teething, milestones...you name it.
Quoting kitty8199:
May be a growth spurt. Just work through it. If you want to do solids at 6 months, it is your decision. I did but I skipped purees. I did finely diced foods. Look into baby led solids. It explains why purees aren't good.
http://www.tribalbaby.org/babyLedEating.html
It's a growth spurt. Like the other growth spurts you've handled do your best to get through this and it will even out again.
Solid foods can backfire. That can cause gas, indigestion, a feeling of being too full, and ultimately if he does sleep longer it will hurt your supply. If you plan to start introducing solids, I would advise going slowly and doing it in the morning so he'll have the day to work it through his system.
So stay hydrated, nurse on demand, and do your best to keep your calendar clear for another couple of weeks so you can rest as often as possible.
You don't want to make your baby too tired, but if you can muster up enough energy to get him out and active himself later in the day it can help make him more sleepy. If the weather is nice you could take him outside to sit on a blanket in the grass. Show him flowers, leaves, etc. Keep his mind active. I wouldn't try to stop his normal naps, but if he's sleeping excessively you can consider making some background noise and seeing if he wakes. Sometimes my DS would be in a doze for hours, but if I went to fold laundry near him he'd wake up and sleep better at night. You know your baby best, so that is your call there.
Um YOU are the mother....she should not give ANY food that you do not send for your child, I'd be concerned for food allergy reasons. If she's not comfy doing it then baby gets no solid food while with her & put your foot down & demand it . Sorry , if I can't trust my child's caregiver to feed them what I send then I'd be finding a new caregiver.
Quoting ktinaza:
Oh yeah that's another thing...I told his sitter I was considering doing that and she said she will be giving him purees and not pieces of food. She doesn't feel safe doing that.
Quoting kitty8199:
May be a growth spurt. Just work through it. If you want to do solids at 6 months, it is your decision. I did but I skipped purees. I did finely diced foods. Look into baby led solids. It explains why purees aren't good.
http://www.tribalbaby.org/babyLedEating.html
Quoting ktinaza:
Oh yeah that's another thing...I told his sitter I was considering doing that and she said she will be giving him purees and not pieces of food. She doesn't feel safe doing that.
Quoting kitty8199:
May be a growth spurt. Just work through it. If you want to do solids at 6 months, it is your decision. I did but I skipped purees. I did finely diced foods. Look into baby led solids. It explains why purees aren't good.
http://www.tribalbaby.org/babyLedEating.html
Quoting mamabens:Um YOU are the mother....she should not give ANY food that you do not send for your child, I'd be concerned for food allergy reasons. If she's not comfy doing it then baby gets no solid food while with her & put your foot down & demand it . Sorry , if I can't trust my child's caregiver to feed them what I send then I'd be finding a new caregiver.
Quoting ktinaza:
Oh yeah that's another thing...I told his sitter I was considering doing that and she said she will be giving him purees and not pieces of food. She doesn't feel safe doing that.
Quoting kitty8199:
May be a growth spurt. Just work through it. If you want to do solids at 6 months, it is your decision. I did but I skipped purees. I did finely diced foods. Look into baby led solids. It explains why purees aren't good.
http://www.tribalbaby.org/babyLedEating.html
What do you while nursing your lil one?
- ktinaza
on May. 11, 2012 at 4:48 PM