Can anyone help re "why milk is the most important food for babies up to 12 months"?

[Lucy1977]

Hi

I have a friend who's little boy is 7 months old and is breastfed and started weaning at 5 months. He has loads of breastfeeds but wont take many solids in (likes finger foods though).

I have in my mind that "milk should be the main food upto 12 months" but my friend went to the HV today to get wee un weighed (he's gaining around 4 oz a week) and the HV has told her that he's having too much milk (she feeds on demand but he does love his milk so it can be every 2/3 hours during the day) and therefore he isn't hungry for his solids. HV told her to cut out some breastfeeds and give solids before milk and to give him some water.

Does this sound right? I can't find any information on the net about milk being main food - have I misunderstood what I had been told/read ages ago?

Thanks

Lucy

hmmm in the early weaning stages (I started at past 6 mths with both mine)I fed mine their breastfeed first, then offered veg puree, then more b/f if they wanted it
Certainly both of mine had one solids "meal" a day until 9 mths, then went onto breakfast type "meal" after one morning breastfeed.
DD was still on 5 breastfeeds a day until 13 mths

have a look here www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/solids-how.html

Some good links and info on this page - and the whole site

HairyMclary - fancy seeing you here!

Does that apply to formula or mixed fed babies too?. i bf for 5 months and then stopped, and ds (now almost 7 months) barely eats a teaspoon of puree a day. Seems happy and alert in other ways though and drinks his milk happiky.

i know hunker, i'm just obsessed with breastmilk. Mmmmmm

the hv is barmy. i wonder what she would suggest i do with my dd who is still bf at 18 months but could not do lumps till she was 13 months. she physically gagged at any texture. but within a week went to 3 meals straight from our plates all on her own initiative. if a child wants milk give milk.

Thanks for your replies and the links ladies, I'll show these to my friend (she hasn't got, nor wants, access to the web!)

Lucy