Weight Gain everything

Weight gain despite everything!
Cat just went to get Aimee weighed. At almost 5 months old, she is a goodly 15Lbs5oz (7.03Kg) which is average for her age, not too big not too small. This small piece of news is heaven to our ears. Because Aimee had been such a brief to almost non-existent daytime feeder, we wondered if her health was suffering. Clearly, those nightly feeds were enough to sustain her growth. Now, it is a matter of reducing the night feeds with controlled crying and hopefully, she will feed more in the daytime.
Three comments the midwife made to Cat:
One – she was amazed that Aimee was such a healthy weight for a purely breastfed baby – that’ll be Cat’s rich milk supply again.
The second comment was ‘Oh, your baby is teething’. Well we did kind of suspect that she was teething but the midwife spotted it immediately. She said that was why Aimee only fed for short periods during the day. The third comment was – we should start her on solids very soon. Don’t leave it beyond six months. Blimey – surely this was counter to what many books I have read have said. So we have decided to give a bit of baby rice over Easter and see what happens. A lot of mess I imagine!