waking early

[babyrose]

my wee one is 26 wks and been on solids for 5-6 wks and only just started sleeping through the night 2 wks ago with no feeds   but this wk he wakes between half 5 and 6 for a feed, i also increased his solids but last night he woke for 2 feeds any ideas?

[~inbalance~]

Perhaps he is going through a growth spurt??

At times like this when you are certain he is still hungry, it's ok to increase solids but what he really needs to fill him up is milk.  So be careful that you are not replacing milk with solids.  The milk feeds will sustain him longer so if anything try to get more milk into him.

Otherwise, if it continues longer than a few days and is not a growth spurt, you might want to look into your routine.  There could be other reasons for his waking, and if it actually isn't hunger then you don't want to be reinforcing a feeding habit by continuing to feed, kwim?  You can also try posting on the NWings board, or the EASY board if you think it is a routine issue. 

[babyrose]

it crossed my mind that it may be a growth spurt , the early waking started on mon morning, so it could well be our routine.
  i will look over everything see what happening.

[~inbalance~]

Hey there, hope you have been able to get some insight into what is going on.  I noticed you have a similar post on the BFding boards, and since I don't really think it's a solid foods issue I'm going to lock this thread for now.  Here is a link to your other post so people can head over there to help you out. 
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=182343.0