Hi,
We started dropping DF around 7 months despite the fact our LO started waking at night around 6 month mark after STTN for the month before. She has been showing signs of teething and hers naps were all over the place so overtiredness or undertiredness could have also been the issue.
However now everything seems to have calmed down and straightened away but she is now waking two times at night. Currently we are at offering DF at 8:45.
I started her on solids at 5.5 months since she is in the 80 percentile and figured she might wake during night at 6 months. We give her Restorakax for constipation because she struggled with that at the beginning.
I have been giving her an extra bf during the day to add more calories during the day while dripping DF. I give her 3 meals a day trying to incorporate protein or high fat foods into each meal. She loves cereal but I try to offer other things at L and D.
When she wakes at night we have done PUPD and she will soothe herself probably 3 mins after starting but then she lies awake for half an hour starts crying again. Then we do PUPD, she resettles, then cries again a half hour later and I feed her very short session. She often doesn't seem hungry, but who knows.
My question is should I be dropping DF if she having NWs?
Routine:
7:20 W
7:30 E breastfeed
8:30 E cereal, fruit, egg
10:30 S
12:00 W
12:10 E BF
1:10 E avocado, etc
3:00 S
4:30 W.
4:40 E BF
5:40 E yogurt, almond butter, veggie
7:30 S
8:45 DF 70mls
11:00 W fed her
3:00am W PuPd then fed her
Thanks for your help!
