Milk and solids for a large 8 month old

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Hi all,

DS2 was exclusively BF until 7 months but was having solids 2-3 times a day from about 5.5 months. He was getting on really well with purees and a bit of BLW but then I got a new job which meant transitioning him onto FF (well follow on milk, which he preferred).

Now he prefers the bottle to food, and will only take 8-10 mouthfuls of anything before crying for a bottle (he drinks 4-5 7oz bottles a day). Should I be concerned? He's got 2 fully through bottom teeth and his top teeth are coming through now.

Did he used to have more food than this?

Is he on finger foods yet? He may be a bit bored with what he's eating, so worth offering him a variety of finger foods, then maybe a yoghurt or other second course.

I think he is probably having just what he can cope with at the moment.

Would it be worth offering him water in a beaker with his lunch instead of milk if you think he is filling up on milk. As an average, he only needs about a pint of milk a day as a minimum.

He ate more purees but less so now, usually he has cereal for breakfast, finger food for lunch, and mashed up whatever-we're-having for dinner.

For lunch he has baby veg (varies), toast or bagel, cheese or chicken. I could try the second course though. He does have water with meals but gets a bottle after if he asks for one.

He's doing great!

The only thing I'd tweak is to try a second course and see what happens and continue ecouraging finger foods.

Wouldn't worry