I hope I am in the right place and someone could have a look. or maybe this should be moved to NW issues?..
I have a post in General sleep issues, but I feel these might have to do with how my baby is being fed.
DS is 7mo in few days, introduced solids sometime 5mo + week, as suggested by our doctor. She has insisted on gradual increase of veggies to 150ml - as this is a norm for a 6mo old. and then in 2 weeks add in some cereal. So I have, even though now I think - this was too early - he only last 2 weeks is showing interest in what I am eating. Anyway, after I came to this site, I have changed eating pattern - before it was all feeds BF, except lunch and dinner solids topped up with BF. I am now giving 3 smaller meals (~100ml), 1h after BF.
We struggle a lot with NW and as I was looking through other posts, I found suggestions that 3 meals at this age is too much and this could be a reason for NW.. I have always been very unsure about my supply and as a result I think I made DS into a snacker - I was feeding him every 2 h from around 3.5mo till 5 when introduced solids.
So currently he eats from both breasts total of max 10min and always looks hungry afterwards. I should mention however he is an efficient solid food eater as well and always looks hungry after 100mil but I make a break and after few mins he would not take a bite anymore. Thus I am not sure if after BF he's really hungry or just need some time to feel full. Does that make any sense?
He falls asleep quite well, but waking up at night is always a fight, I try to feed him in 4h intervals, but he wakes up much more often. I might have low supply, since he has never lasted 4h on BF only. I know however BM becomes fattier, so empty breasts is not a sign either.
I am a bit lost, so hope some look from a perspective? how do I start assessing if he needs more BF? How and if should I address this - is it not too late?
Thanks in advance!