Breastfeeding & Solids at 6 months

Ellie

I’m curious about how long and how often your baby nursed once you introduced solids at 6 months?

I know the recommendation is to offer milk about a half hour before food and that breast milk/formula should be their main source of nutrition until 1.

I have been giving my daughter cereal before bedtime since the beginning of September, and we slowly added apple sauce to it. She LOVES it, and is having cereal and fruit in the morning and night. Last week I started giving her a veggie purée at supper time. She gets SO frustrated watching us eat and not being able to have anything.

But she only seems to nurse for 5-7 minutes per session every 2.5-3 hrs, except at bed time and through the night.

I see lots of information on bottles/ounces with solids, but I’m confused with nursing. It’s hard to know how much she’s actually getting.

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