When introducing solid foods..

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So my son is 3 1/2 months & he is a terrible sleeper. He only wants to nap on my chest during the day, & at night he hardly sleeps in his bassinet. The room is a good temp, he’s swaddled, sound machine is on, everything. Once in a while he’ll stay in it for 3 hours straight then not want to stay in it again. He wakes up for me to rock him or nurse him back to sleep. Then maybe he’ll stay in for 30 minutes & we do it all over again until I say screw it & bring him into bed with us. Even then he doesn’t stay asleep longer than an hour & a half😭. So my question is, when your little ones started eating solid foods, or purées I guess, did they sleep better at night? This is really my only hope in him(and me!) getting to sleep through the night. If anything, at least 5 or 6 hours. I love my boy to death but mama needs sleep!! Thanks in advance 😩

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Don't feed a three month old solids . Wait until six months like recommended so you don't hurt the baby's belly

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No solids until 6m. 3.5m is way too early. 
And no solids will not help with sleep. Sleep is developmental. 
It is more than likely the 4m sleep regression, just a bit early.

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My daughter refused to sleep any more than 30 minutes in her bassinet in our room. On day 5 of her being home I thought I was dying from no sleep. I couldn’t function at all. We ended up putting her in her crib in her own room. She slept hours at a time and around 4 months was only waking up once for feeding. She’s almost 9 months and gets her best sleep in her crib. She sleeps 12 hours a night now. I know they don’t recommend putting them in their own room but if you have monitors and are close by do what is best for your mental/emotional health and family.

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My daughter had this problem right at this time (she was a good sleeper prior)...I got her a magic merlins sleep suit and she sleeps great now. I saw a difference the same day!

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We slept good since week one but solids didn’t make a difference imo. Some babies just take a while to adjust to sleep. I know it’s hard to lack sleep but you got this. Wish I had better advice besides solids didn’t effect sleep much

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M soo sorry mama . No solids for him now but put rice cereal on his milk before he goes to bed  at 4 months.
My Lo was like that waking up to drinking a bottle in less than two hours all night. Then I fed him normally with breast milk daytime n the last feed before bed I added cereal to make it thicker n he slept 6 hrs . At 4.5 I continued the same and moved him to his own room which was dark and quiet . He slept through the night . He has been sleeping 12 hours a night since then and he knows his routine . When he gets to bed it’s bottle n sleep, even when awake he wouldn’t need rocking , leave him there and he will sleep but buy a camera on amazon.
Wish you well and your lo

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Solids didn’t make a difference. We tried it for the first time at 5 and a half months old.

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I would talk to ur pediatrician they may be able to help! My daughter hates sleeping on her own so its hard 😩

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Everyone is so paranoid in these comments 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3m is not that young for foods I started my daughter on those purée fruit jars at that age, she would eat very little at a time of course but she loved the taste of the fruit, then around 6m I started the vegetables and she loved those as well, and I started regular cow milk too at 6 months and she was fine even though doctors say to wait till a year like... my entire family grew up this way and we are all fine the worst that can happen is you’re baby throw up. But anyways I didn’t breast feed so my daughter was formula fed and satisfied each feeding so she was never a cranky baby at all and she would sleep through the night very very soon and to this day she’s still such a good sleeper

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Too soon for solids, but are you exclusively breastfeeding? You may want to check on production with your Dr. or lactation consultant. I had to supplement and I felt that it really helped to top my baby off with formula for sleeping purposes. Also, i swear it got better around the 4 month mark. You’re in the thick of it right now. Hang in there!

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