So I'm starting to feel really deflated now and I just want some advice or reassurance before I make an appointment with my HV.
So my little boy is 7 months and EBF, we have also been BLW since he was 6 months old-ish. The last sort of month he's stopped feeding anywhere near as much in the day/refusing all together. He's not been a big feeder for a while now, feeding every 5 hours or so but this is on another level. Some days he's going right from when he wakes up until around 3pm with the odd little suckle when I'm trying to persuade him in between. Some days he's better than others, but there is absolutely no consistency or slightly comparable feeding schedule...
At first I was told that I was over-doing it with the solids and that was the reason, so I started cutting them back/only giving them when he fed first but it has made absolutely no difference, and tbh I was never concerned about that anyway as he eats only a fraction of what is put in front of him anyway, plus he still feeds normally for his bedtime feed and twice throughout the night even if has an evening meal and pudding afterwards!
He's been quite an efficent feeder since he was around 3 months, I was concerned then too because all of my BF friends were feeding their children between 15 and 30 minutes a time, and he would only feed for 5! But nappies and weight gain were always fine, they still seem to be...
I suppose my question is what do I do for the best? Surely him not feeding virtually at all throughout the day isn't normal? But then surely cutting out all solids just because he won't feed isn't the right thing to do either?
I'm just at a complete loss, some people are suggesting I try to FF and see if he takes to that but I love feeding him, and I'm not ready to stop yet🥺. (P.s, sorry for the f* off paragraph🤦♀️😂)