Milk vs solids

[Fifilottie]

Hi...feel like I am forever on here...

Anyway my LO is now on three good meals a day. She loves her food and rarely refuses any of it. I am still keeping up with 4 bf a day and a bottle at lunch time. She
has started to refuse her mid morning feed and just winges if I try and put her on the breast. I always feed her after her meals so this might be the wrong tactic. I know this is probably because she is on solids now and needs less milk but feel a bit of pressure because they are still meant to have 600mls a day. ( am not entirely convinced that she gets this because she hardly spends anytime being bfed anymore...sometimes a few mintues...don't get it??)

Am interested in others' experiences of what happened to bfs and milk feeds once their baby's started on solids as really think that she might need the mid morning feed. Thank you thank you

I know what you mean pommedeterre. Feel like my DD has spent the weekend fighting with me and milk. Her morning bf is fine. After that any milk feeds for the rest of the day are a struggle. Have given bf before food but she still comes off and cries....goes back on...comes off cries....I swap her over...same pattern again. I don't know how I could ever manage a 30 mintue feed but keep trying, tis sad as I definitely have enough milk for it and fear the supply will diminish if this continues. She is now also refusing her lunch time bottle...For some reason she often does this when Daddy is home at the weekend(odd??/she has just started on the bottle though). Have kept putting her on the breast all weekend too and persisted..but it really feels like a fight...just want her to be happy :(

It may be that the refusal is down to teething, ear infection, etc. However, your milk supply isn't going to diminish because of one bottle or one missed feed. Replacing feeds v. quickly one after the other with bottles/solids is however likely to affect supply. Keep offering the breast before solids but don't push it if she's not interested. If she's still refusing milk feeds in a few days, post again.