BF and Solids mamas

[theteno]

LOs eating sched now is wake up with bm, an hr later breakfast (2 food cubes and 2 tbsp oatmeal), nap 1 then bm, an he later lunch (same), nap 2 then bm, either nap 3 then bm or if no 3rd nap this bf session is skipped and I do an early dinner, dinner is normally about 545 and he has 3 food cubes and 2 tbsp oatmeal. If he has the 3rd nap and feeding then I give a sippy cup with 2 oz bm (he never drinks it all) at dinner and no bedtime feeding because bathtime and nedtime routine is right after dinner. However if there is no 3rd nap with a feeding then I do the early solids dinner maybe around 430 then bm bedtime feeding with an early bedtime.

So in the end lo has 4 bm feedings and 3 solid feedings. He is gaining weight very well. I just decided to go from 3 to 2 food cubes at lunch bc he is getting really chunky and I think hes eating the 3rd cube just bc its there. Hes happy with 2.

I went to a moms group with a nurse/ibclc who said do not go below 5 bf sessions bc they need the milk, but he is doing so well this way and I think hes fine. He has always had the lowest amount of avg feedings and drank more at each feeding ever since he was born. He will be 6 months in juuust over 2 weeks.

So I have 2 main questions for you- 1. how often do your los eat? 2. Im considering starting to give 1 bottle adding in formula. Im concerned about supply because I want to continue bf the other feedings of the day. How would/did you gonabout starting to wean a bit? Do you think its possible to bf twice a day?

[jamjoyful]

She eats 2 meals of solids at lunch and dinner. Other than that, she nurses. I also nurse her before those feedings and she will still eat the solids fine. That is just because I am paranoid about my milk supply dropping. With Gidget, I didn't know any of that and I completely lost my milk supply. She did great with formula so it was no big deal but I did want to breastfeed for a year.

Do you have any MOTN feedings? Those are what I would work to wean first.

[theteno]

jamjoyful (knock on wood) he sleeps 12.5 hr with no motn feedings

[weeklyplanner]

Right now my LO gets 1 oz (1 cube) two times a day. He will be 6 months next week.

My LO nurses 5-6 times and also gets one bottle that is half formula/half BM and I pump during that time. So he gets milk 6-7 times a day. I don't want to go below this amount because it's important that he gets his nutrition from BM (or formula) until he is one. I strongly believe in food before one is its for fun, but I also think I need to start doing more solids. I'm just not sure I'll be doing as much as you are doing. But, I'm no expert!

[minervamae]

Food before 1 is just for fun!

You can continue breastfeeding as many times a day as you want. Supply will meet demand if the demand is consistent. I've had toddlers who nursed 1 or 2 times a day for months.

[Courtniko]

I also believe that food before 1 is for fun, and the nutrition that LO needs is from BM or formula. I would try to get as much BM in as possible with some food on the side.

ETA LO nurses about 6 or 7 times a day. Solids will be after nursing sessions.

[gahorseygal]

I'm in the food before 1 is fun camp. LO nurses typically 6 times a day (5 during the day, 1 at night). We only offer solids at dinner time right now (between her afternoon and before bed feed). I may start offering some in the morning but I'm just not in a hurry.

[puffandstuff]

I'm another food before one is just for fun. We just started solids. I don't schedule her meals. I give her food at each meal. We're doing BLW, so I'm not concerned with how much she's getting.

[shevacc]

Feb 2, 2015 13:39:21 GMT -5 puffandstuff said:

I'm another food before one is just for fun. We just started solids. I don't schedule her meals. I give her food at each meal. We're doing BLW, so I'm not concerned with how much she's getting.

We haven't started solids yet but this is what I'll be doing. Except we'll go slow and be watching carefully for food allergies due to DD's nut allergy.

[bobloblaw]

We are just doing food for fun & practice. LO still BFs 5-6 times a day (phew!) I'm so not ready to give it up and clearly he is not either. He was begging me to nurse when we got home from DC even though he just had some solids.

ETA: we also have food allergies so we are cautious with the introductions.