Solids v’s Milk Feeds (6mths)

At six months the milk is the most important part of his diet, then at one year the solids are the more mportant part of the diet, and over the 6 months the balance changes slowly.

Your bm has the best nutrition for your 6 months old, you would not be able to reproduce it by feeding the solids.

His energy needs might change as he gets ready to start moving, so you might find that this level of appetite decreases or changes. Also, if he was feeding himself he wouldn't eat as much, I am guessing it is all you spoon-feeding him. Maybe offer finger foods as well as spoon-feeding, over the next few weeks/months you want him to be able to feed himself, so why not start now.

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http://www.kellymom.com/bf/weaning/babyselfwean.html

I have a different opinion from the norm, i say go the solids, 5 BFs is plenty, E was doing 4 BFs at that age and solids and getting more than enough. also their BFing is stronger at that age so they dont need as long to get as much milk. E was doing 4 solids feeds at 6 months, about 4 cans /jars worth a day. but i also had to try and get her BFs down so i could get her off the EBM which has only just happened now. oh the relief of not expressing and bottle feeding!!

I guess then you'd watch his nappies and make sure he was still getting nice and soggy. GL its not easy!

I agree with maya22.
Regardless of whether your baby is chubby or slim, milk is the main source of nutrition until 1yr. You are really doing your baby a disservice encouraging so much food in the form of solids when their immature digestive systems and very high calorie needs for growing are best served by breastmilk or formula.



Edited by Jaune

Are you still bfing at night, or has that stopped recently? Do you have a good bf before DS goes to bed at night? Have you introduced bottles (ebm/formula) recently at all?

I was long term exclusively expressing for DS1 so I understand about not being able to bf without the extras that most don't need. I wasn't on domperidone though, but my body had no feedback loop so it was pretty hard to keep up supply.

Do you have any information as to whether domperidone continues being effective over time or if supply can still drop off? I know that 6 months is a bit of a crucial time when exclusively expressing as you lose any help with hormones, and because the baby needs to drink a lot more so you need to increase volumes which is pretty darn hard.

If he is confident at finger foods, and you want to keep bfing, then I wonder if you need to drop out spoonfeeding completely. It is going to be really hard to provide the right balance of nutrition with solids alone, you need to get the milk in there somehow, whether bm or formula.

What does your Plunket nurse say?