[daniigurl]

My step mom recently suggested I give my son a bit of rice cereal at night before I put him down. My son is just a little over 2 months old, I've got him on a schedule now, and exclusively BF him. However, after I put him down around 930 and he wakes up around 1ish, he wakes roughly every hour there after to eat. I don't produce enough milk in that time frame for him to ever be full, he doesn't seem satisfied, and as a result he's fussy and I get practically no sleep at night. Ive yet to talk to his pediatrician about the matter, but I'm wondering how many parents have similar issues? He was born a bit premature, developing fine, but doesn't seem to take much interest in real food just yet.

[Cyanara]

If he was premature you can start them earlier on solids but not ususlly till they are 4 months old. I had to do this with my premature twins. However try to get your milk flow up first. Have you tried to express with a pump between regilar feeds and at the end of a feed. It's a bit uncomfortable first but makes a huge diffrence. Not to mention that you can freeze it and use it in baby rice/porridge later on. That helped increase my milk flow. Also you can get a herbal tea for nursing that makes a difference I found in increasing your milk flow. It helped me feed till they were 14 months old and allowed me to delay solids till they were 4 months old.

It is always best to speak to your health visitor or paediatrician before changing the routine.

Good luck.