Hi,
I'm new here so this is first post. Hope it works!
I have an 8.5 month old boy. We started weaning just before 6 months and it went great for about a month when he started refusing pretty much everything except soft fruit and tiny portions of porridge. I haven't actively tried to reduce his breastfeeds as everything I've read suggested that he would be pretty good at self regulating. His weight gain has been really good throughout.
Yesterday I spoke to the health visitor and she was very worried about whether he was getting enough iron. He's been having a multivitamin with iron but now that I've looked more closely I see this only has about 25% of the recommended daily iron intake.
I'm going to try reducing breastfeeds and today he has been much better. However, I suffer from anxiety and have now spent far too much time reading about the long term effects of low iron between 6-12 months and possible links with long term cognitive and motor development. I feel awful that I might have made a mistake in our approach to weaning that could cause him problems later on.
I guess I'm really looking for reassurance from others who have had little eaters or any advice about whether I should be getting his iron levels checked?
Sorry for such a long post. Thanks for reading to the end if you've made it!