Hi all,
Nic- Glad to hear you're all on the mend. With the solids, I don't think there is any harm in waiting a bit longer. Some posts in the feeding threads say they didn't start their bubs until 8 months or so, so I don't think an extra couple of weeks will hurt (although the powers that be do say that waiting till 8 or 9 months can delay speech developement- not sure how that works). With the rice cereal, I was told that it gets the digestive system used to solid foods because it's easy to digest. And there are very few people in the world allergic to rice, so your risk of an allergic reaction is next to nil.
Liz- Ty is no where near sleeping through the night, he wakes up a stack of times- like you, I have given up on counting how many times. Luckily it's only to feed, but after going down at 7ish he feeds every two or three hours until 7am. During the day we feed every two hours, some days it's every hour and a half *sigh*. Out of my mum's group, there are only two of us who are still doing night feeds, and all the bubs are roughly the same age. Makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong sometimes, especially when people ask 'is he a good baby? Does he sleep through?' as opposed to being a 'bad' baby who wakes up!! I know it's normal for them to feed at night up until 8 months, but the people who tell me I've started a 'bad habit' drive me nuts.
Well, that's my pity party for today!
Not much going on here, it's bloody cold though. Hope you all had a good day