Mel- The thing is that this is not normal for her though. She will usually feed only once or twice a night. This is such a dramatic difference that it is making me question whether she wants solids too.

Sammie- Thanks for all your help, I have been checking out the BLS thread!

Well after good more frequent feeds yesterday there was no change overnight, she fed every 2 hrs for 30mins or more. I am very tired now! I was just looking at the signs of readiness for solids-

Signs that indicate baby is developmentally ready for solids include:


  • Baby can sit up well without support. Nope, can't do this yet but won't be long. Can sit very well with support and yesterday when I sat her up she was sitting for 5-10 seconds on her own so she's getting there.
  • Baby has lost the tongue-thrust reflex and does not automatically push solids out of his mouth with his tongue. Yes, has lost this reflex already.
  • Baby is ready and willing to chew. LOL, very willing!
  • Baby is developing a ?pincer? grasp, where he picks up food or other objects between thumb and forefinger. Using the fingers and scraping the food into the palm of the hand (palmar grasp) does not substitute for pincer grasp development. Yes, she is developing this, she likes to play with the tags on things and is always practicing grabbing them with thumb and forefinger.
  • Baby is eager to participate in mealtime and may try to grab food and put it in his mouth. Very eager, will try to snatch food and glasses out of our hands.

We often state that a sign of solids readiness is when baby exhibits a long-term increased demand to nurse (sometime around 6 months or later) that is unrelated to illness, teething pain, a change in routine or a growth spurt. However, it can be hard to judge whether baby?s increased nursing is related to readiness for solids. Many (if not most) 6-month-old babies are teething, growth spurting and experiencing many developmental changes that can lead to increased nursing ? sometimes all at once! Make sure you look at all the signs of solids readiness as a whole, because increased nursing alone is not likely to be an accurate guide to baby?s readiness. This is the biggest one that is causing me to wonder about it because this frequent feeding has now been going for 11 days. That's a long time. She is also teething though. Her 2 bottom teeth came through almost 2 wks ago but she no longer seems grizzly and in pain anymore like she did??
I am confused, this is so hard! Even harder when you have ppl constantly asking 'when are you going to give her solids?' 'poor kid is probably starving!' And I usually just ignore them but now that I'm feeling a bit unsure about it their comments just add to it iykwim?