7 month old - frequency of feeds?

[vnmum]

hi, my ds is just over 7 months old and is taking solids fairly well now, 3 meals a day, not much a breakfast but fair amount at lunch and dinner. How often should he be taking a breastfeed? i try and offer him one after his meals but he doesnt always want one and he doesnt seem to want to feed as often inbetween as he used to. i'm abit worried incase he might be starting to wean. He is still feeding at least twice a night.

He also seems very distracted at feed times(bf) and sometimes if i am out and about with him he wont feed until hes screaming and then hes unsettled as hes got himself too wound up. is this a stage they go through and has anyone any tips to help?

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DD is 9 months and she started breastfeeding less at around 7 months. She is more interested in drinking water with/after her meals now.

I shouldn't think he is self-weaning - it's more likely that the world is getting more interesting than breastfeeding. It might be worth trying to have some very quiet feeding times?

Can't help on the feeding at night as DD is still doing this .

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im not too bothered about him feeding at night, i just didnt want him to be going off breastfeeding. DS is also more interested in water after mealtimes too. Maybe im just missing the emotional side of it

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He won't be self-weaning - it very rarely happens before they're at least a year, and usually they're 2 or more. I wouldn't worry about this, if I were you. DS went right off bfing at about 8-9 months (except at night of course, when there was nothing better to do than dial-a-boob). By 10 monhts, he'd started feeding again during the day (I'm sure night-weaning him had a lot to do with that), and by 11 months he was back to his normal can't-get-enough self. The Kellymom website has loads of good info about self-weaning and phases. Well worth a read.

vnmum, my DS is nearly 8 months and I have noticed that he has cut out feeds (not at night, sadly!). He now only has a feed at breakfast time, occasionally at 11ish, after his lunch and then at bedtime; he then has one (or very occasionally two) feeds during the night. It does make me feel slightly sad that he doesn't want 'me' as much, but also excited that he's developing and growing up.

DS also gets rather distracted if there is anyone else about when he's feeding now - I've even had to resort to feeding rooms when we're out because he will just not feed otherwise. However, if he won't feed I'm not getting too stressed about it now as I think that there are some days when I don't want much to eat, so he might be the same - I just try to make sure I carry some water for him to drink instead.

Probably not much help, but you're not alone

I'm afraid I disagree with Corriedale about weaning off the breast. My sister's two weaned themselves - one at 11 months and one at 9 or 10 months. All babies are different. I am certainly wondering whether my DS will still be feeding at a year, whether I wanted to continue or not!