Not feeding :(

[lisad123]

My Jaz is now 7months old (Iknow scarcy), and is now on solids. She has cut her milk feeds right back and im worried. She will have a feed at 7pm before bed, and then wakes about 5am for another, they are fine. However, she will have a few mintues at about 10am before nap timne and then its a struggle for the rest of the day. Sometimes her 10am is also hard. She pulls off a lot, taking my nipples with her.
Are those 3 feeds going to be enough? She will take water from a bottle, so am tempted to express off and try it that way. The problem I have is I know within myself if I have to go onto bottles Im going to end up with FF.
Advice, help anything?

im sorry i have no advice,but just wanted to say that i hope someone on here can help you x

me too
Just beem talking to my sis misdee and she has suggested offering feeds before food. Will try that, anyone else?

oh darling.i know its all so hard isnt it.there are some really great people on here with really helpful advice.ive not been here that long but have seen one person in particular offering bf advice.ill try and find out who it was for you x

We found as long as we kept the feed times and the solid food times separate (so milk feed mid morning, and then lunch at lunchtime, for example) then our DS gradually started to reduce his milk feeds himself.

Is Jaz drinking water with the solids and making her nappies good and wet? And eating a reasonable amount of solids? Cause if so, I wouldn't worry. She knows how much she wants and she might be deciding she doesn't want so much milk any more.

Hope this helps

Babies (especially BF babies) are very good at controlling their own nutritional intake.
Now that she is on both solids it is natural that she should reduce her feeds.
Also, babies' feeding increases and decreases depending on their growth and activity levels.
It's possible that she is going through a quiet time at the moment.
One reason for pulling off at feeding time could be teething. Sometimes the pain makes babies less inclined to feed. If that's the case, it should clear up in a few days when the teething pain passes.
As long as she is pooing and weeing regularly, is gaining a reasonable amount of weight and seems happy and settled then you don't need to worry.
If you are worried you should discuss it with your health visitor.

No expert either but my 7 month old has 4 breastfeeds a day (7am, 2.30pm, 6.30pm and 11pm). She also has 3 solid feeds(8am, 11.45am and 5pm ish)and i offer her water with lunch and dinner. However, the amount of breast milk she takes can vary wildly like with your baby. I figure that if she doesn't take the breast or only feeds for a few minutes then she just isn't hungry and she'll make up for it at the next feed. I think the reccommended daily amount of formula for a baby of this age is something like 500-600mls - about a pint, but not sure whether they would need as much breastmilk? Its very hard to know how much BM they're getting, but maybe your baby is just a very efficient sucker and gets more than you think in the short time she feeds. If you're worried about her not getting enough calcium then maybe give her some yoghurt or cheesy sauces with her food to top her up?

Also, is it possible she is still full up from her solid feed when you offer her a breastfeed?