Thanks for the input OF, but he's been sleeping through the night since he was 8 weeks old, so it's not that. I've tried settling him with water but it doesn't work.

He's genuinely hungry when he wakes, and it only happens when he's ill or just getting over something. He's not that keen on milk I don't think, as he usually takes the bare minimum he can get away with but I think when he's ill he doesn't eat as well and therefore reverts back to needing more milk.

I'm a big believer in letting a baby cry and settling himself back to sleep, but on these occasions he'd cry until breakfast time, as he really does need milk.

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