Is it time to wean my 4 month premature baby? My daughter Tilly was born 11 weeks premature and weighed just under 3lb. She now weighs 9lb 13oz and is 4 months old. I am wondering when I should introduce solids – my health visitor is not sure. What is the normal pattern for babies to sleep through, ie do I need to wake her up at 10/11pm instead of letting her wake up naturally? This can be anything from 9.30pm to 2.15am! Is the 10/11pm feed the last one to drop and would you expect to see them sleep until 5am first before stretching to 7am? Tilly always cries…

Since weaning, my 5-month-old son needs feeding in the night Until recently my 5-month-old son was going through the night, or waking for a short feed at 2am. I would skip the late feed in preference of a 2am feed, which he was starting not to need. Having recently cracked the lunchtime nap and begun to introduce solids, as specified in the Weaning book, all seemed to be going well. He was a very contented baby. In the last week however, his night time wakings have returned, he is waking 2 or 3 times in the night again and is very hungry on each occasion. It seems he is gradually…

Since birth my baby has been slow to gain weight, but is content My son has always had quite slow weight gain (4oz a week on average) but is perfectly contented and happy. He feeds and sleeps really well. My H.V. made me worry that this wasn’t enough and advised drastically increasing the amount of solids he is eating. I am following Gina’s weaning book guidelines religiously and I am confused about whether increasing amounts too quickly is a good idea. Could it put him off his next feed or reduce the amount of milk he is taking? I am on day 13 of weaning, and would like to know…

What is the proper balance of milk and solids for my 6 month twins? I am just a little confused about what the balance of my twin boys’ milk/solids should be, as they are being introduced to solids later. In the weaning book it starts at 4 months i.e. still offering the milk first followed by 1tsb of baby rice etc. Should I be offering more solids to my boys than the book suggests for 4-5 months, as they will be 6 months next week. In the book it says they should be on 3 meals a day by 6 months and cutting down on their milk intake. At present…

Despite being weaned my 18 week son still wants a feed in the night From around 12 weeks, my son started to sleep from his 22:30 feed, which he still has, to somewhere between 05:00 and 07:00. Around 15 weeks, however, he started waking again in the night. I have tried to put him back to sleep or give him a dummy to suck, but to no avail because he seems extremely hungry. He now wakes between 03:45 and 04:30 as a matter of routine and consumes effortlessly, a whole 8oz bottle of formula! As I have to be up for work at 05:30, the night waking is very exhausting.…

How do I structure milk and solids to help my 4.5 month sleep through? My daughter slept through the night from 12 weeks on for about 2 nights a week on average. I was hoping that once I introduced solids she would sleep through consistently. I started her on baby rice at 17 weeks and when we moved the 2tsp rice to the evening she slept through for 5 nights in a row. Then she suddenly started waking again between 5:30- and 6.30am. Because it was so close to 7am I resorted to give her the dummy because she fell asleep straight away until woken at 7am. I also introduced…

Despite being hungry my 4.2-month-old son is refusing all solids from a spoon My son has always fed extremely well (on milk); He is currently drinking 8oz at 7am, 11am, 2.30pm and 6.15pm. He went onto the CLB routine very well and dropped his 10pm feed 10 days ago with no problem, sleeping from 6.45pm until 7.30am without waking up. At 18 weeks I decided he should have some solids, also due to dropping the 10pm feed (where he was having 5oz), as he was starting to become fractious half an hour before his feed were due. He weighs 17lbs. I started with baby rice and he refused to accept…

My of almost 6 months daughter has started to wake at night since starting solids I have been following the CLB weaning guidelines to the letter, and all was going great till about a week ago, when my daughter started to wake up in the night with a dirty nappy and what sounded like wind. I have been trying not go to her and letting her get herself back to sleep. She was really quite good at getting herself to sleep but now she seems to be really struggling and cries for about an hour which makes me think it might be wind. I started weaning her quite late (5…

I am not sure if my 5-month-old son is teething or hungry My 5-month-old son sleeps exactly at the times that the CLB book recommends; the problem is: he seems ratty about 10.10am every day and remains ratty until after his 11am feed! He did cut his first tooth last week but this has been going on since he was about 16-weeks-old. This was the reason I started weaning him and he presently has 3 spoons of rice at 6pm and 1 cube of carrot at 11am. I did think that he may need more, but he refused more today at 11am, despite crying since 10.15am. Yesterday and today I…

I am not sure if I should begin to wean my 4.5-month-old daughter My daughter is 4.5 months old but is still on the routine for 3 month olds and has not yet been able to sleep through the night solidly. She has done it a few times but her waking-up time is generally 6am. At that point I only give 1-2 oz of water and put her back to sleep till 7am. At each feed she takes approx 5oz and if I’m lucky 6oz. She is growing well and very happy. CLB suggests starting to wean at 4 months, however, my daughter does not drink more than 6 oz…