solids or not

Yeah seems like our babies are too smart they know if they hold out they get milk and cuddles. I assume one day she will sleep thru

My baby is 4 1/2 months and have tried her eating baby Rice as she is really interested in what we are doing with food and she takes it but it is a very small amount.
Maybe give it a try - cannot do any harm...

My boy is now just over 7 months and still wakes for night feeds - most nights on average 2-3 feeds. I have been feeling really sick for over the last month and to be honest I had never put it down to breastfeeding but now that you mention it, it makes perfect sense. I am ALWAYS tired and sleeping at any chance I get, I find it incredibly hard to get out of bed when Lucas wakes ...I'm constantly getting chronic stomach cramping and nausea and everytime I have been to my Dr recently she has no clue as to what it could be. I still haven't menstruated since birth, i've given up thinking that maybe I am getting my period. At one stage i felt so sick for a week there I thought I must of had something seriously wrong with me.

Lucas has only just started taking solids, he is still having the 2-3 night feeds and feeding regularly during the day, but i do feel a little better and not so sickly. So maybe solids is the way to go.

I have severe allergies to several foods, peanuts/all nuts, chicken, fish & seafood & eggs. So it's probably just as well my son didn't take to his solids so well when i initially introduced them at 4.5 months.

Half the time I think Plunket don't know what they are talking about, because I kept getting told to offer solids early on & that he was ready ..but it took him up until just over a week ago to really take to them.

At Lucas' 6 month check he was still being exclusively breastfed and already weighed just over 9kg! If thats not a baby thats happy,content and thriving on just mums breastmilk then i don't know what is!

The 2 hourly feeding was a nightmare, I put up with it from about 3-6 months of age ...I figured if he was taking breastmilk it was because he needed it so i kept with it despite feeling really knackered healthwise.

I think the formula top up would be a good ideal, but that purely comes down to personal choice. I don't do formulas, espesh considering a couple have Omega 3 in them (fish oil which im allergic to) ...so im hesitant to try it on my boy. Would rather play it safe.

Sorry i know this post probably wasn't very helpful, but just thought i'd share my experiences with you and let you know you are not alone!!! I'm sure we are just few of many mums experiencing the same thing!!

Good Luck