I was hoping you could catch him before he woke, so if it was indeed a prop, it wouldn't be another NF, but not sure that will work if he wakes so randomly. The DF is meant to be just picking him up and feeding him while still mainly asleep, so he shouldn't really 'wake', but some babies do. I was mistaken in thinking this is what you were already doing... sorry!
Totally fine!
It was 10:20 and I was heading to bed and he hadn't woken last night so I decided to feed him then. (It took him over 2 hours to fall asleep though...classic OT.) I don't think he woke up until 2:15 (which is good, I guess...considering he usually has a wake up in between that is *usually* easily settled...but he was super OT from going from 11am-7:45pm without a wink of sleep so he may just have been super tired.) Anyway, he sleeps on his belly and no matter how gently I try to lift him, he wakes. Even when he slept on his back while swaddled, he would wake as soon as I lifted him (light sleeper, this one).
How are your LOs poops? - any mucus? Really smelly? Any constipation or diarrhoea? - is your LO uncomfortable until a poop is passed? - lots of gas and if so does it hurt before LO passes it?
No to all of the above. As far as they look to me (and DH), they are totally normal! When he is in the middle of a BM I can tell - but he doesn't look in pain or uncomfortable at all.
How does your LO feed during the day? - any fussing during or just after the feed?
Feeds pretty well, I guess. Doesn't fuss so often (once in a while yes, usually because of OT). He is happiest right after a feed. That's the time he is most playful.
Has the nights got worse since solids ha been established? 2/3 weeks after? - or no change since starting?
Hm, I recall vaguely that I thought his sleep was getting better right after he turned 5 months. But then it all went wrong. I didn't introduce solids until 6 months. And even now he still only eats 6-7 different fruits/veggies regularly. I'm way too nervous to start on different foods like broccoli (because I heard it can cause gassiness) or dairy of any kind.
It may just have been a coincidence, but at around 6 months he had had his best night ever. And we weren't even home. He slept from 10:30-7am straight (would have been great if I hadn't been up half the night checking on him/waiting for him to wake), with a teeny wake in between where I just had to whisper "go back to sleep" and that was it. That was after he started eating solids too, about a couple of weeks in.