Milk and Solids?!

[Maya2018]

Hi! My 6 month old has just recently started solids, she has one meal a day with 9Oz of baby milk and usually has another two feeds both of which are 9OZ,

I’m worried about her intake of food/milk does anyone have any advice?

I’ve heard you’re supposed to give baby milk 4 times a day plus a helping of baby purée but it seems all too confusing at the moment..

Do I stick to giving her purée and the same amount of milk 9OZ or do I drop the amount of milk she has if she’s having solids?

Please help!

You shouldn't be trying to get her to finish a bottle. Give less more often and solids in between

I was previously giving her 7OZ every 4 hours and then gradually upped it to 9OZ but as a result she’s a lot fussier with milk and I really had to try hard to give her that final OZ from the bottle! Maybe you are right though I’m going to try giving her less and maybe a little more often and hopefully that should help.

The only reason I went up to 9OZ is because a book called 7pm to 7am by chairman mead, but I’ve very quickly learnt that not all babies are textbook!

Just carry on with milk as usually. Would she take less milk more often? 9oz seems like a lot! And mine wasn't down to 3 times a day until about 13/14 months. If it's working, it's probably fine, but if you need to move milk around to fit in food, then you can always try to make little changes as you go. But mainly, milk stays the same and you squeeze food in when you have time. When she starts to consistently drink less, then you can offer less milk. I would say neither of milk (one was ff and the other bf) reduced milk feeds at all until about 9 months though.

Do they only have 3 feeds a day? Add in food but keep milk the same. Milk will drop naturally as solids increase