timings/order of food

[Sarah J]

please help, i am getting into a bit of a pickle with my ds and his food.

he is 6.5 months old and has been eating since 5.5 months.  i introduced solids as he stopped gaining weight so we have moved rapidly to three meals a day and all was going well until recently.

i cant seem to get the timings right and so he is often too tired to eat.
also he has started waking around 10 or 11 at night for a feed and this seems to be affecting his morning bf (he is not really hungry). nor does he want his breakfast.
although i have tried to not feed him when he wakes at night he is very insistant and then doesn't really take much.  he never had a dream feed at all, he slept through 7 - 7 from around 3.5 months.
i am confused as to what i should be focussing on.... should i skip any of the breastfeeds?  worried he will lose weight again if he doesn't take solid meals.

any help would be great.....

[teezee]

i have always fed my lo solids about half hour to 45 min after bfing.  some wait an hour.  that way he won't be tired and won't be too full from the milk/formula.  at 6 months there is a growth spurt - has he had one yet? can u try upping his calories (milk) during the day to avoid the night waking??  have u tried pu/pd instead of feeding (since he is not taking a full feeding at this time) as it can be very stressful but the outcome of pu/pd is well worth it! how much solids are u feeding and how much milk?