Time for solids?

My little one has just turned 5 months on the 8th and the past two nights she’s been up every hour 😩 I’ve always just automatically assumed that when she wakes she’s hungry so I offer her boob every time and not sure if she depends on it to get back to sleep or if she is genuinely hungry each time. She was in such a good sleep routine then hit the 4 month sleep regression and started waking every 2.5/3hours, now all of a sudden it’s every hour.
I’ve combi feed her since she was 6 weeks old (starting on just 1 bottle per day, now she has 3) would it be worth transitioning her over to formula completely or for the majority of feeds now as that seems to satisfy her for longer now, or is it possibly time to introduce solids? Any advice would be amazing 🙂

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I’d say it’s probably just the sleep regression still, but it’s entirely up to you! They say as long as babe can support themselves, sit up and shows an actual interest in food, then they’re ready to try x

Either way I hope it gets better for you!!! That sounds rough :( x

I thought my almost 5 month was waking more due to sleep regression but now his teeth have come through. Since they have cut through he’s gone for longer stretch’s like he use to. Maybe it’s their teeth x

It’s advised to wait until 6 months for solid food as the digestive system isn’t developed enough before 6 months.

thank you!! X

I know so I would rather hold off I just wanted to know if other people had experienced this and what they did x

My HV advised me to wait until 6 months too as research suggests the nutrients from the food doesn’t travel to the brain before 6 months. Babies that weaned after 6 months were more intelligent than babies that weaned before 🤷🏽‍♀️

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