So confused about BF and weaning!

[eagle2010]

DS is 6.5 mo and we've been introducing solids for about 4 weeks. He's a big baby, 20lbs and 74cms. He's always fed (BF) loads and I feed on demand.

I'm so confused now about solids and BF. I've read that solids should complement BF and that babies should only take 25% of their nutrition from solids in the first year.

DS will happily eat something at every meal when offered. I always BF first, about 40 mins before I offer solids. He's probably BFing a little less now because I've moved to a bit of a routine with the "meals". Beforehand I was offering him the boob every 2 hours or so and he never said no!

Now I'm rambling but I suppose I'm wondering if I'm doing it all wrong. Should I continue to offer just as many BFs and skip the 3rd offer of solids until he's a bit older?

I'd like to continue BF for as long as possible and don't want to encourage early weaning from the boob. Hope this makes sense!

At that age I would say bf every 3 or 4 hours and offer food when you have meals yourself but if he wants bf more often than that then go with him for now.

Mine is 10mo and has only just dropped bf volume recently really.

I was coming on to chat about a similar issue so hope you don't mind me jumping on your thread! My 6mo has been having some solids for about two and a half weeks and I now offer him something at every meal time when the rest of us are eating. The problem is he's gone right off bf having previously gone 2 hrs at most between feeds. I don't know whether his tummy is fuller (I offer food till he loses interest - he doesn't seem to have much) or whether food is just so fascinating that bf is boring in comparison?! He's having the same number of feeds in the night but during the day refuses to feed or just has very short bursts. I'm not sure whether to worry yet or not!

The NHS recommends moving to three meals at 8-9 months so you should probably stick with one or two for now, and continue to offer milk an hour before solids.

Thanks. It's all confusing when BLW says offer whenever you're eating if they're interested - plus I couldn't bear his sad little keen face watching us eat and not give him any!

Totally he may be reverse cycling. Will he settle without boob during the night? Rocking, shushing, patting etc?

To be honest I never try, plus he's had a cold. Just do whatever's quickest to get the most sleep in the night! Now totally confused re number of food offerings!

To top it all off my HV told me yesterday that a) I had waited "too long" to wean (DS was 24 weeks) and he won't take properly to solids and b) I should only be BFing him 3 times a day and not at all at night!!!

What a load of baloney. I shall continue as I'm going, offering BF before solids and not pushing the introduction of a 3rd meal. We only had 2 wake ups between 7 and 7 last night so that was a huge improvement. I still think he needs to feed at least once, if not twice, during the night so I am not going to night wean just yet.

I'm still night feeding at 10months. But also haven't seen a hv since a few weeks old

I'm still night feeding at 7 mths, and haven't seen HV since 4 weeks old !
I'm giving solids 3 times a day but she's not that interested in breakfast (maybe 6 or 7 spoonfuls) and lunch us some finger foods which all go on the floor so basically nothing.

The BF mums group I go to is run by my local HVs (don't live in the UK so it's a bit different). They've been encouraging me to wean him since 17 weeks!

My GP has also been advising me to night wean but I'm not even considering that till I go back to work when DS will be 11.5 mo