Feeding my 9 month old

[bekyboo44]

PS- also my son is a great eater, he has never ever refused any food amd now chomps his way through chicken, fish, beef, rice, pasta, any kind of bread, cheese, and every vegetable kmown to man! We never have had to get him use to solids he has always eaten everything and anything we have given him!

What I've read/been told is that when you first start a baby on solids it's important to nurse them first, and then give them solids-
a). To keep your milk supply up
b). To ensure baby is still getting the right nutrition etc.

However once a baby eats solids well it is important to stop giving milk when you give them a solid meal because-
a). It fills them up and discourages them from taking solids
b). They have to learn to seperate milk and meal times and you don't want to get in a situation where baby will only eat solids if he knows he will get milk too

This is what I've applied to my son and it seems to of worked well for us.

 

[Sara]

Breakfast cereal

I bought a box of Hipp Organic's Hipp-a-bisc at Bumps to Babes yesterday. It looks very much like Weetabix. The box says from 6 months to 3 years, created specially for babies and toddlers. I tried it on my girl (9 months old) this morning, unfortunately she wasn't excited about it! She loves Yoplait Baby Fruit Yoghurt though and will easily eats 2 containers (100 g. each) if I let her!

 

[Matty]

Agree with Bekyboo44, lots of babies have different feeding patterns, and it's important to listen to what they want and not force milk feeds.
Once they start solids they should be getting between 500-800ml of milk per day up until 1 year.

My 9 month old has 3 solid feeds, and 3 milk feeds a day.
The only feed that starts with milk is breakfast, where he will happily have 270ml (9.5oz) then cereal and fruit.
He flatly refuses milk before lunch or dinner, has a 4pm, and one before bed.