Should I drop a feed?

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DD is nearly 9 months, on 4 BFs and 3 solid meals a day. Meals 1 hr after milk generally, except tea which is 2hr after. She's been taking less and less milk since weaning (she eats a LOT of solids and has a reasonable amount of water) - she'll have a bit but then would rather look round the room etc. In the past week, she often won't even suck enough to get let down.

I wonder if it's time to drop the mid morning feed? I would rather she had more milk and less solids tbh but she's just not that interested in the milk. Maybe if she only had 3 BFs she'd take more at each one...?

Thoughts?

I dropped the morning one at this point.

thanks! did you notice the remaining feeds increasing at all?

Am interested to know responses to this as am having similar issues with mix-fed 7 month old not wanting much of evening breastfeed. Have tried reducing her evening meal a bit which has helped a little bit. Still want her to get a reasonable amount of breastmilk.

I can't remember tbh. First Ds ebf but never a problem getting him to drink milk even after weaning. I dropped the morning feed because I was following gina ford little book of weaning. Ds2 barely drunk milk before weaning or after, so not really helpful.
Ds1 always drunk well first thing. I gave him breakfast at 7am, lunch at 11.30, milk at 230 to 3, tea at 5pm and then final feed before bed at 7pm. Used same times with both. Is that any help? Sorry I know that's not quite what you wanted to know.

Sorry just re read your original post. You say she's looking round the room. Thought it might be worth mentioning Ds1 wouldn't feed in a room with tv on, people etc, always fed on my bed quietly. Bit of a bind till morning feed was dropped but then it was when he woke in a morning, after he woke in the afternoon and before I put him to bed so always there anyway. I did still occasionally feed him elsewhere but he'd never take as much.
Thought you might be interested , see if it makes a difference. Ignore if you've already tried that.

Thanks tricksy. those are the times I'm following pretty much although with a 10.30/11am feed and then lunch at 12. I might try cutting out the mid morning feed and see what happens.

Yes she definitely feeds worse when there are other people to look at. but even if I feed in bed, she still gives up quickly and would rather look around at the empty bedroom basically anything is more fun than BFing where she can't see anything.

Hope the dropped feed helps x