7 month old dropping milk feeds

[Jamjar18]

Hello, after a bit of advice! I started weaning my little boy at 6 months. He’s between 75th and 91st centile for weight and height so a fairly big boy. Since I started weaning his appetite has been outrageous! He’s on 3 meals a day but my concern is he is refusing milk feeds. He is breastfed but has a bottle at lunchtime. I will use today as an example:
7:30- breastfeed
8:30- 1 weetabix and half a banana mashed
11:00- offered breastfeed but refused
12:30- 1 egg scrambled, avocado and a slice of toast with butter and marmite, half a pot of Greek yoghurt
2:00- 8ozs milk
4:30- risotto with spinach and half a fruit pot. I offered him a breastfeed after but he wouldn’t take any.
7:00- before bed breastfeed
He’s doing lots of poo’s through the day and his nappy’s are wet. Is it ok that he’s naturally dropping his milk feeds already? I would obviously not let him drop any lower then 3. But should I be cutting back on his food and upping his milk? Seems a bit counterproductive!

I dont know the answer to your question but interested in answers as I'm planning on weaning my 5mo next week (who is also big, 91st centile!).
I thought that ' food before 1 was just for fun ' and they needed most of their calories as milk.

@GetTheSprinkles this is what I’ve heard but it’s certainly not for fun for my little boy! He loves it.

1 weetabix plus the banana is a large meal that will keep him full for a long time. Maybe make it half a weetabix instead.

I am not sure but interested in the answer as my 6 month old is similar and really keen on his food at the expense of his milk.

Could you mix the weetabix with formula to give him more milk that way? Also maybe give him the breastfeed before his lunch and tea at rather than after. Is he waking at night to feed at all?

I’d possibly make breakfast a little smaller and offer it a bit earlier so he’s more keen to take milk before lunch. My little boy went off milk once we introduced solids so I reigned the food back a bit but offered a some finger food which mostly go on the floor! It worked though and his milk intake increased. If he’s still not keen on the milk try sneaking expresses or formula into the meals and offer foods like yoghurt and cheese so he’s getting dairy!

He’s getting lots of milk and dairy in his meals. He’s having finger foods for lunch now but actually eats most of it. He’s been much better at taking a breastfeed at 11, so he’s having 4 big milk feeds a day and 3 meals so I’m less worried. I’m slightly hesitant to cut back on his food intake too much as he started sleeping through the night a week or so after starting solids and has pretty much slept through since.

I have 4 DDs

1 & 4 loved their food and had no milk at all by 11 months - one formula fed one breastfed.

2 & 3 loved their milk, number 2 especially wasn't keen on food and only picked up ginger food for the first time at 10.5 months

They are all completely different the guidelines are only guidelines.

Numbers 2-4 were big birth weight babies 9o-99 centile for height at 7 months.

He sounds content!