TURN BACK THE CLOCK

Where has our little sleep baby gone? We wish we can turn back the clock to 3 months when Zach was sleeping the entire night - were talking 8-9 hours straight (without a feeding). Now, he wakes up two times during the night (around 1:30 and 4:30 a.m.) to eat. Maybe he is going through a growth spurt. If so, I'd rather him stay midget size so that we can sleep a full night. I'm joking, but, sleep is pretty rough these days. Randi just fell asleep on the couch and it's only 8:17 p.m. We were thinking that giving him "solids" would make him full at night. Two things about that: Zach is not really liking "solid" foods at this time. The second thing is that a can of gerber solid food (generally a 2.5 oz can) is only 25 calories, which equals only one ounce of breastmilk - which is nothing. So, it appears to be a myth that "solids" make a baby full (unless were talking about real solids like daddy's favorite - steak, or mommy's favorite -zucchini). We realize that we have to let Zach put his fingers in the food. This seems to work.