Dd2 is 6 months and started blw on saturday at 180 days old. She'd been fascinated by us eating for weeks and had tried to steal big sister's food on a few occasions. There was no such thing as blw when the other two were little but ds was a spoon refuser from 7 months so we were pretty much on finger foods from then anyway and doing blw this time seemed the obvious choice. Dh is just as enthusiastic and he looks after her when I'm at work - went back full time 3 weeks ago. She's otherwise bf/ebm and was feeding 2 hourly day and night and drinking a lot of ebm when I was at work - certainly more than the approx 1oz/hour suggested by kellymom etc.
I was completely prepared for her milk demands to stay high as food before one is just for fun but she has really got stuck in. She loves sitting in her high chair and feeding herself, loves the mess and the social side. She has toast for breakfast - not too impressed by weetabix or porridge. She has the same evening meal as the rest of us - fish pie yesterday, scrambled egg today. Whenever dh is having a snack or lunch or whatever she gets offered something - rice cakes are a big hit, so is banana etc. There is a definite change in her nappies with carrot/broccoli/banana/lentils all definitely been swallowed. She's taking a bit less milk -but still been 9 feeds in last 24 hours. I'm not pushing her to eat. Tbh mostly ignoring her at mealtimes as eating my own but smiling at her and for mushy stuff loading a spoon and handing it to her. And she seems to know what to do with it. At mealtimes she gets a cup with water in it but all other drinks are bm.
Is this ok? It seems so quick. I'm just worrying that we've pushed her too soon but I think I'm mainly just sad that she isn't completely reliant on me any more.