Transitioning milk/formula?

Question

So I’ve having trouble figuring out how to transition my son at 8 months old from milk/formula to solid foods. Now I know he’s supposed to be drinking primarily milk or formula until the first year. But he’s never drank as much as he’s supposed to, usually around 20 ounces a day. His doctor just kind of scratches his head and weight has been a problem since birth. Meaning, he’s constantly falling behind in his weight and he’s never had a huge gain. So I’m nervous about adding solids (which I do 2 meals a day) because he naturally is wanting to take less milk. Hopefully that makes sense, it’s really stressing me out.

Answer

Instead of taking out milk, feed solids hours after instead of immediately after or soon after. This means he eats PLENTY of solids and PLENTY of milk.
I do 2 hours after a bottle and then his next bottle is anywhere from 2-4 hours later. He eats when he’s hungry. He has 3 bottles and 3 solid meals a day xx

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My baby only drinks 20 oz (5oz 4x a day) of milk most of the days too, though she loves to eat solids and eats 3x a day. Her weight is just average. I read it’s normal for baby to decrease milk intake as they learn to eat more solid foods. I think you should add more solid for his weight, he’s 8 months already after all. As long as you give him variety of food, the nutrients shouldn’t be a problem.

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Could you try squeezing in a dream feed? Does he refuse it? 
I’m thinking if you can move one of your day feeds to a midnight/before bed feed, then you could try a solid meal in its place? And then after 30 of him eating (provided it doesn’t take 2 hours to feed him the solids) try to offer him milk.
Just maybe as a suggestion? Good luck momma!

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I wouldn’t transition him to milk yet if he’s underweight. What size nipple do you use? Maybe try increasing a size, my son would throw the bottle before he was actually done because the flow was too slow. I’d also feed more solids in the day.

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My kid is breastfed and never took as much pulled milk as he’s supposed to although he was always ok on weight. He eagerly started solids, eats a ton, and still finishes his bottles. He seems content. If you’re concerned maybe get a second opinion. Or you could just try G more and see what happens.

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When I first started, my dr said to give a bottle and then half an hour to an hour later, try solids.  They said she might not drink as much at the next feeding and that she shouldn’t be dropping any bottles (which she hasn’t).

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We nurse the wait about an hour and do solids! We do 3 solid meals a day, he ranges between 6-9 ounces of food per day sometimes a little more if he is super hungry that day! He also nurses about every 2-3 hours!

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