teaching to sleep through the night

[cminer]

My l0 is 6 1/2 months old now.  He has been sleeping through the night (most nights) for the past 2 weeks.  I stopped feeding him at night when I introduced solids.  I felt I was rushing in when he stirred at night and disrupting his sleep and causing sleep problems for him.  It took about 5 nights once I stopped feeding him at night.  He was also waking very early (5-6am) for the day.  He is taking a df.  I was a mess because of the early wakings and being up atleast twice a night.  My problem is that occassionally he does wake up at night and needs comforting to settle back to sleep.  He will wake because of his mobility and creeping around in his sleep.  A few times I have fed him because even with 30 minutes of comforting (rubbing his back) he still cried.  He eats well when I have fed him and goes back to sleep.  Trouble is, he isn't hungry in the morning then.  My husband is irritated with me because he believes that our lo will develop sleep disturbances again and think he should eat at night.  He thinks we should let him cry it out.  I'm really torn.  I hate letting my lo cry.  Even though he is taking in solids three times a day (cereal, veggies and fruit) and drinking approx. 29 oz of formula a day, could he be genuinely hungry at night when he wakes up crying?  Or is it the new mobility that is giving him sleep disturbances.  Last night when he woke at 1:15am, I managed to get him to settle with comforting.  He was not in pain.  When I picked him up and rubbed his back he relaxed instinctly but would start to cry again when I laid him back down.  He settled in about 20 minutes.  He woke again at 2:24am and would not settle after 30 minutes of comforting and crying.  He would not accept the soother.  He did take 6 oz of formula and fell back to sleep until 7:30am.  I am feeling terrorized at night by his and my sleep disturbances and unsure what is the best approach to take.  Do I listen to my husband and let my lo cry and settle himself?  Do I just pick up and put down till he falls back to sleep?  Do I even attempt to feed him at night considering he eats well during the day and gets a df?  My husband is giving up on me and says he won't help me at night to get our lo back to sleep if I am going to feed him and go in every time our lo cries.  What is a mother to do?

[macsmum]

I have the same issue my ds still wakes soem nights even though he has had no feed for 2 months at night, i go in give him his dummy (which he now just plays with) prop the door open a touch to let a little light in from the hall and go back to bed.
It works i dont hear another peep out of him till about 6.30am but then he is up for the day.
I figure if u were a baby and sat awake in the dark u would cry too, it must be a little strange when they cant even see their own little hands
hth
Emma