I know that 'food is fun until one' - my DS doesn't! Advice needed please

[lots33]

Hello.

I am posting this is both weaning and bf forums.

My DS is 6 months old and I started weaning him 3 weeks ago - prior to that I was EBF and have no plans to stop BF. I tried finger food (kind of BLW) initally but he got very frustated so I offered him spoon feeding and he loved it. He has loved pretty much all I have offered (apart from Baby food!) and makes noises to indicate he wants more - and is frustrated when I do not provide! So he is eating loads...the day looks like this:

7 ish BF
7.30 ish Breakfast - one weetabix, goats milk, 2 prunes, fruit eg,half a pear
11 ish small BF
12 ish lunch - today was chopped homemade ratatouille, cheddar, yoghurt and half a banana
2-4ish small BF
5 ish supper - today was mashed root veg followed by apple and pears with baby rice and goats milk.

I didn't plan for him to eat so much so quickly but he is so enthusiastic!

Bed is supposed to be at 7 but he is normally knackered by 6 so BF and bed. And then normally just one feed a night (but loads of wake ups which is another topic!)

So far so good...

Except - his interest in BF has dwindled massively. I always offer before meals but often he only suckles a few minutes before refusing. He often refuses his before bed BF too. In fact, the only time he feeds well is his night feed (normally about 4am), the rest of the time he just fusses.

Should I be concerned /trying to get more milk into him? I have upped the amount of dairy in his diet to try and counterbalance it, does that sound right? Would you be worried about how quickly BF has diminished? Thanks!

I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be along shortly but just a suggestion - why not replace the goats milk with expressed BF to get more into him? I know it's a pain, I myself use cow's milk on DD's porridge (have also been weaning for 3 weeks now) but she is showing no signs of cutting BF's, I think if she did I would reluctantly dust off the pump....

If I read you day right he has 5 Bf's in 24 hours? That sounds ok as you don't actually know how much he is taking at each one, so you say smallish-but don't forget they are really efficient at this age.

my dd was like this and it went on for about 6 weeks and then she returned to the bf witha passion and wasnt that interested in the now non-novelty food and after that it balanced out a bit...

I think as well that hes having far too much fibre for the start of weaning and that might be filling him up. I would have prunes or weetabix or a banana a day...

OK that's helpful thanks omnishambles....
We started the prunes because he was constipated and now...well lets just say they are perfect

Just wanted to say that my DS took to weaning (BLW) with gusto and within a week was on 3 proper meals and eating properly (I did include good amounts of Greek yogurt and cheese and porridge made with cow's milk in his diet). My period came back within 2-3 weeks of starting weaning at 6 months, so he was dropping BFs even with my offering the boob as much as pre-weaning. I had been expecting him to not eat much (and expecting to enjoy many more months of no periods!), but every baby is different. If your son is happy then I'd try not to worry.

At nearly a year my son still BFs (usually morning and evening only) and still loves his grub (but ironically has never been a heavy baby - definitely towards the bottom of the chart...). I would say, though, that whenever he's been sick he's been happy to be back on the boob like a younger baby.