I'm Confused... The more I feed my 6 mo old DS (solid food)... the less he sleeps...

... is this normal?

I've been introducing stage 1 veggies and fruits since he was a little over 5 months, and the more food I give him, the more he (we) wakes up at night for feedings.

For example, the week we worked up to:
fruit + cereal for breakfast
veggie + cereal for lunch
cereal for dinner,
He woke up FIVE times for feedings during the night! (I EBF 5-6x per say))

So, as an experiment, I only gave him a veggie and cereal lunch for the past two days, and he only woke up ONCE during the night!

Is this a sign that DS isn't ready for more than one meal a day? If so, is this ok? I thought by 6-7 months they need 3 "meals" a day? (DS is a little over 6 months.)

TIA
Tara

ETA: Prior to the veggies and fruits, when he was still being introduced to cereal, he was sleeping through the night.

Message edited 9/25/2008 10:55:52 AM.

Re: I'm Confused... The more I feed my 6 mo old DS (solid food)... the less he sleeps...

I EBF too and Ryan is a little over 6 months. Not sure what's going on with your munchkin, but here's his eating schedule right now:

7:30AM - Nurse
10:30AM - 1 Jar Stage 1
2 Tbsp Cereal w/ 1.5 oz BM
5 oz bottle
1:30PM 6 oz bottle (lately not finishing but not sure if that's b/c he is on meds and a little off)
4:30PM 6 oz bottle
6:30PM 1 Jar Stage 1
2 Tbsp Cereal w/ 1.5 oz BM
6 oz bottle
7:30/8:30 Nurses

I don't feed him at all at night anymore. He sometimes gets us and makes some noises but I let him be and he's going back down on his own.

Is it possible your DC is reaching a milestone or teething and that's what's keeping him up? Or is the food bothering him and he's up with gas/tummy issues?

I only do breakfast & dinner - I'm not sure when to introduce lunch but probably not for a while.

Re: I'm Confused... The more I feed my 6 mo old DS (solid food)... the less he sleeps...

My first DD stopped sleeping through the night when we introduced baby food(at 6 months old). So we quit the baby food. By 7 months old she was ready for some soft table food so we ended up skipping baby foods.