how many bfeeds?

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DD (7 mths) eats fine but I'm not sure how much to bf her now she has solid food. At the moment she has: breakfast bf, 11AM meat + veg purée + bf, 2-3PM fruit / yog, 6PM milk porridge and bf before bed at 730. She has another bf during the night. She has water to drink as well of course. Is this enough, or should I be bfing her at every meal? She doesn't seem bothered...she'll feed if offered it but doesn't seem to miss it if not, so I'm not sure .

I'd be really grateful for any advice!

Hi - my DS is the same age and on 3 hefty meals a day. My bf counselor advised to wait until he demands it, and as a result he's spaced them out like this:

On waking, roughly around 6am

7am breakfast
10am - bf, but starting to lose interest in this, with a bit of nudging could drop it

12.30 lunch
2.30pm bf - still seems to like this, and I often offer it if I think he could use a nap!
5pm dinner
6.30pm - bf before bed
11pm - ff
3am - bf (trying to ditch this!!!)

I would just try and go with the flow, but it's hard at this stage because the milk is still so important. I think the first thing and last thing feeds are the most vital (and one in the night if your DD is like my DS!!!).

I don't want to push the mid morning/mid afternoon ones out to hard yet, not until we've cracked losing the 3am bf.

You could always offer milk in a cup inbetween meals (or a snack, if she's that way inclined.

I would go with how happy you are with how much solids she's eating, tbh. And follow her lead a bit? My DS is also a bit not bothered unless offered, so you could always try dropping one of the day feeds and see what happens?

HTH xx