How many BFs should a 6 mth old have?

I've started my DD on solids in the last 3 weeks. We've been taking it slow in terms of volume, small amounts at lunch, and I've just introduced an evening meal this week.

In the last few days she has stretched her awake time out and we are down from 3 to 2 day sleeps. I breastfeed her after she wakes from each sleep, so by dropping a sleep, she has dropped a feed. This means she has 5 feeds - usually the first at 4 or 5 am, one when she wakes for the day, after both day sleeps and before bed.

Should I try to BF her somewhere else in the day, or is it okay at this age for her to drop one feed? I just want to be sure I am giving her enough milk.

frankie i was just reading the other day that from 4 months is common for babies to have 4-5 feeds a day, so sounds perfectly normal! Our 3 month old (corrected age) just started doing 5 feeds when she slept thru the day, but i think they just gulp more at each feed. don't worry, if she is still hungry she will be crying for more food somewhere during the day!

here's the article:

Feeding less frequently
As your baby reaches four months, his stomach has grown bigger so he doesn't need to feed so often -- just four or five times a day. But he'll still gain weight -- his need to feed just tapers off as he gets older, becoming more like that of older children and adults. Now his attention will start to gravitate toward other people and things during mealtimes, and though it's exciting to see him aware of and responsive to new things, feedings can get difficult. If your baby is easily distracted, try feeding him somewhere quiet for a while.

Read more: http://www.babycenter.com.au/baby/development/04mth/#ixzz1LqWIvTZh

Zac is FF so maybe different but just recently has gone from 5 bottles down to 4 in a day. With 2 meals of solids    I don't think he drinks enough (rarely finishes a 200ml bottle) but he is putting on weight well and sleeping through so he must be getting all he needs.

KH25 wrote: Hey caliandjack, your little one is a day older than mine

Labour weekend baby too something I'm never going to forget.

Hey, Maddie's beating Jacob in day sleeps - he's still on three! No fair

That sounds totally fine and normal. Jacob was having one extra at that age (because of the extra sleep) but I noticed he doesn't drink much each feed, I'm sure if he'd had one less he would have just drunk more. I'm all for demand feeding, but having a bit of a structure works well too, and I've always fed Jacob after each sleep too. If he was grizzly and pulling my top I'd give him more, but he doesn't tend to.

Go by the baby - my 5 1/2 month old is still having 6-8 BFs a day.

Yep totally depends on your baby :) My DS2 is almost 7mo but for the past 5 weeks or so has been dropping the 3rd nap so having 4 feeds/day along with 3 meals. We more or less do Feed-Play-Sleep so he feeds 6, 10, 2.30, 6ish. He doesn't have a late/dreamfeed at night, but it's pretty normal to still be doing that one (or more) at this age, going by my friends' experience.

Our demand feeding is more like I offer and she refuses or makes use of me as a dummy.

Mine was still feeding almost every hour at that age but babies are all different. If she's gaining weight, making plenty of wet nappies and not getting constipated, she's probably doing alright. I think you really just have to tune in to your baby's cues as to when they want to nurse & they'll let you know what they need.