DS is just over 12 months and still BFing (all the fecking time). We started off mostly BLW although DP (SAHD) does a lot of spooning these days.
In a day he will have maybe half a weetabix or a little teeny bit of porridge and a few mouthfuls of fruit and some natural yoghurt for breakfast, a few chews of a ricecake or something mid morning, lunch could be a few chews of a sandwich or leftover dinner with fruit, midafternoon probably fruit again and some pasta/meat and veg/risotto/whatever we have for dinner. He gets offered cows milk now but only takes a couple of oz at a time.
He BFs first thing (5am [pale]) and then before I go to work, lunchtime, teatime when I get in, bedtime, 11pm and then wakes again sometime between 11 and 1 when he comes into bed and feeds again.
I feel like he's relying heavily on BM, which is fine I guess, although I am tired, so tired now, and I am as sure as I can be that he would sleep better if he didn't feed to sleep so much. He uses BFing for comfort while teething (so, that's around 5 days in seven for the last 2 months anyway ) so I'm reluctant to withdraw it completely.
When we offer finger food, if I give him a 'soldier' of toast for example, he'll maybe take 1 or 2 bites then throw the rest away. Often he rejects soft food with fingers but will take the spoon, but after 2-3 mouthfuls he's batting us away. He's not great with a spoon himself but he has his own one for every meal (until it too gets chucked).
I want to be really laid back about it but feel stuck in a cycle of BFing - less food - hungry - more BFing etc etc.
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I'm probably being neurotic but he's surely not eating enough [whimper]
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IAteRosemaryConleyForBreakfast · 06/08/2008 09:40
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