she is 8 months old and has a HUGE appetite. I want to start weaning her off breast milk entirely over a 3 month period from the end of the month when she hits 9 months, but as she has been fed on demand and is allergic to milk based formula, I haven't been able to find a way to detach her from my breasts at all so far.
I wanted to exclusively BF till at least 6 months, but now it is hard to introduce anything new into her diet.
She is mostly refusing to eat solids and will cry or scream and pull or hit at my blouse or bra till I give her breastmilk. I was thinking the first step might be to try and get her on a breast milk substitute from now but the formula's for babies with allergy's like her's are so expensive!! I gave her a little soya milk today which seemed ok, but she refused it after a few gulps and wanted breast milk again.
She does seem to be a very fussy baby when it comes to eating but only in the sense that she is determined to eat 'adult' food and not baby food (she snatches food off our plates but won't eat her own even if it is the same thing). But the biggest issue is her refusal to have anything else in large amounts except BM.
Are there any less expensive formula's I can try or is soya milk ok as a staple in her diet at this age?
I know this isn't the weaning forum, but any advice on how to get her to wean off my breasts slowly would also be greatly appreciated. I would love to get down to feeding just two or three times a day instead of being stuck to the sofa like I am now.
HELP, MY NIPPLES HURT! 