More food less bottle?

Question

We went to my sons 6 month appointment. After asking us questions about his eating habits, our pediatrician told us to start giving him more baby food/mashed up foods we eat with 1-2 oz of water in a sippy cup, and giving less bottle. 
To me 6 months seems to young to give less bottle but anyone else’s pediatrician told them this?

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Everything I've read and what the doctor told me is that before age 1 your child should be getting their nutrition from breast milk or formula. Solid foods are just for fun and exploration and to try different flavours and textures. Before eating solids, they should have formula/milk so they get that nutrition and then have a few spoonfuls of something. They should be having about the same amount of milk/formula as usual especially at 6 months they're first starting out. I'm not sure why you were told to give fewer bottles, but that doesn't seem right to me.

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Breast milk should be a baby’s primary source of nutrition until age one. It is far more nutritious than food. At 6 months you should start introducing solid foods so baby can learn how to eat, but food shouldn’t replace milk yet.

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While breastmilk should remain their primary source of nutrition, 6 months is when you can start adding solids to their diet. Look up baby led weaning :)

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At that age i dont know if I decreased there formula intake less. But i did incorporate more food. 3X a day. In the beginning i know they didnt eat alot of food. But once they got used to the eating idea. They ate alot of food. And slept great.

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Our pediatrician stressed that the main nutrition babies get for the first year is from their milk (whether breastfed or formula fed). They shouldn't be taking in less ounces

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Yes! That’s the age I started my twins with more food. Helped them sleep better. Made them crawl more. Changed our lives lol

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Normally the bottles you give at lunch you change them for mashed food, so in a sense it is giving them less bottles, but the food you add should be more nourishing than just milk.
Did your doctor asked you to feed your baby with more food because is weighing less than normal? Did the doctor gave you a reason?  Also your baby is 6 months though so is ready to add more food and less formula.

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At 6 months babies are ready for more food; less bottle; and more water. Their little systems do not run solely on milk, just like yours doesn’t. Water is very good for their bodies and becomes just as important as milk was. I only remember giving my son breast milk until 12 months but as he began to eat at 5-6 months he wanted less breast. So it would make sense.

More food less bottle?

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