DS is 5.5 months old and our pediatrician had us start him on solids a couple of weeks ago. We started him off on oatmeal the first couple of weeks and yesterday I introduced sweet potato. The first week or so he really hadn't gotten the hang of it, so I'd estimate that he didn't really eat more than a teaspoon or two at most. Recently he has figured it out and is eating bigger quantities (2-3 TBSP a day). For the past 4-5 days I've noticed an increase in the amount of gas he is passing (and it really stinks!), and he seems uncomfortable at the times he is passing it. It usually happens more frequently closer to bedtime, and some days he has also been waking early around 4:30 or 5am which I suspect may be due to some gas discomfort (although he doesn't wake screaming or showing a lot of discomfort).
Anyone have an issues similar to this or is it common for solids to cause gas? I'm not positive the gas is correlated to the solids, but the timing seems to be about right and I'm not sure why else he would have more gas recently.