Adding Solids, Concerned About How Little Breast Milk Baby Takes

6 months for 3 meals, it seems a little bit too much, especially if she didn't have much breastmilk. I would cut down at least one meal and not giving her too much solid the other two meals. Also, offer milk first before the solid. You only add solid when she takes good amount of milk but still shows hungry or egar to try the food.

She may be teething. When my kids were teething at that age, they nursed less. But still, I'd nurse on-demand.

1) for the 1st year of life, breastmilk/Formula is a baby's PRIMARY source of nutrition. NOT solids and not other liquids. (This is per our Pediatrician).

2) ALWAYS, nurse, BEFORE solids. If not, baby will be too full, to nurse. (this is per our Pediatrician).

3) Always, nurse on-demand.

4) when teething, some babies nurse less, because it is uncomfortable. This is temporary.

5) At this age & for the 1st year, 'solids' is only an "introduction" to foods and 'eating.' NOT their main, course. They do not necessarily have to, eat solids 3 times a day, like adults. Mine did not. I nursed, primarily. On demand.

6) Always, direct nurse. Since this will make your body produce milk that matches what your baby needs, intake wise.

7) Babies will also often feed more, more frequently, during growth-spurts. Thus the reason for nursing, on-demand. And they also 'cluster feed' which means feeding even every single hour.

at this age, concentrate on nursing. Not giving her solids, or giving her solids in place, of nursings.
For the 1st year, even if my kids were on solids from 6 months, they still nursed every 3 hours. Heartily. They drank drank.
At 6 months old, my kids as babies were only having solids, ONCE a day. And only after nursing.

My take on this is: baby is eating too much solids per her age. Too much too soon.
Concentrate on nursing.
Nurse on-demand... 24/7, day and night.
For the 1st year of life, it is important and the priority.
It is a building block time nutritionally and developmentally.

What are you doing feeding your baby food at 6 months old? Until they are 1 year old breastmilk and formula are their primary source of nutrition. Why in the world would you feed that baby food instead of the nutrition they need? Stop feeding so much food and give the baby the nutrition it needs. Food, whether table food, baby food, rice cereal, etc...is for teaching the baby to chew and swallow. Not for the nutrition. The nutrition comes from the formula or breastmilk.

Babies don't even start rice cereal until about 5-6 months old then add in some other cereals mixed in a bowl with formula or breastmilk.

At about 7 months they start adding some 100% juices.

After about 10 months they start adding in some baby food but only 1 new one a week, and still just using a spoon to get them to chew and swallow. Not for the nutrition. Baby food has very little nutrition in it. The nutrition in the jars of baby food is so minuscule that it shouldn't even count as food.

Please listen to the advice of the moms here and stop feeding this baby all that food, their little tummies are just not ready to digest that stuff properly and they are starving without the formula or breastmilk.

You feed her the milk first, the solids need to be offered after nursing. I would nurse her, then feed her solids maybe 30-45 mins later, and maybe only twice a day. Breastmilk should be her primary source of nutrition, the solids are mostly for practice.

I would just cut down to only ONE "food" meal a day. And only nurse the other meals........ Breastmilk is truly all she NEEDS at this point.

Our first was on cereal and baby food starting at 6 months. (1 to 2 meals a day tops.)

Our second was strictly breastfed till 9 months before anything else was introduced. And then only one meal a day was "food".

PS> I actually agree with Gamma.... EXCEPT for the juice.....

At this age, and up until about 12 montsh, she should be getting her nutrition primarily from nursing, the solids are mostly for practice, and getting used to new tastes and textures. Nurse her before you offer solid foods, and maybe wait a bit between nursing and solid meals.

I would nurse before offering solids, after nursing wait about 30 min- an hour and then do solids. As someone else said her nutrition is coming from nursing now, not from the solids, those are just for practice at this stage.

First she should not be on 3 meals you should NOT start solids until 6 months, second you baby should get the most of her nutrition from breast milk or formula for the first year food at this age is just to experiment with and introduce different textures, and third always always give breast first before any solids.
Oh and gramm g from Oklahoma is right on her advice is the most recent recommendation perhaps your ped needs to update his info. Go ahead and google what problems can arise if you start solids before 6 months one thing it can lead to is diabetes.

I think what started this problem was that you started solids too early. Babies don't really nutritionally need anything but breastmilk for the first full year.

Start cutting down her solids from 3 to twice a day for a week... then if possible down to ONE feeding of solids a day the next week. At 6 months, distraction hasn't taken hold yet - so I'd be concerned why my baby didn't want to be comforted and fed by Mommy at her breast as much as she'd prefer to be fed with a spoon away from the comfort of Mommy's body.

First of all, ignore the mama that said you were "starving" your child by giving her food instead of breasmilk. It sounds like she's getting plenty to eat! If you are engorged either nurse before feeding her the baby food or pump and freeze for when you are away. Good luck!

Try feeding her meals separately from nursing times, if possible. She's probably full from the solid food.

Well, I feel differently than everyone here....My daughter just turned 8mos old. I started her on infant cereal at 5 mos, and baby food at 6mos, per the recommendation of the pediatrician. She was not 100% satisfied with just breastmilk, so we added food, with an additional meal each week for a month until she was on 3 meals a day, which was by 6 1/2 months of age. Anyways, back to the point. My daughter was the same way...Wanted the solids and started nursing less. So, what I started doing at about 7mos, was offering a bottle of breastmilk with each meal. I'd give her a jar of food, and sometimes cereal as well, and I'd also have a bottle of about 4oz of breastmilk with her meals. I still do this at 8mos old. Once they start eating solids, they are getting some of their vitamins & nutrients from the baby food as well. My ped. said she still needs 18-20 oz of breastmilk/formula up until she's 12mos old. Even at this point, she is nursing strong before & after sleeping, and then getting a smaller bottle with breakfast, lunch & dinner. If you're not opposed to feeding with a bottle, you maybe could try that route as well.
Good luck & don't worry too much!! As long as she's growing and your dr. isn't concerned, just go with it. Let your little one lead the way!!
Hope this helps!