Nursing moms

blynne

If you have introduced cereal and veggies/fruits, do you continue to nurse at those meals? Do you nurse before or after the meal? My son doesnt seem interested in nursing after he eats a meal, but he doesn't eat as much if I nurse him before. Just curious. 

LifetimeOfLove

I nurse and then wait about an hour to give solids. I don't care if he doesn't eat as much solids. I rather him have the bm anyway. For now, solids are just practice and their main source of nutrition is bm/formula.

perplexed59

We haven't started solids yet, but I have read a lot. The main source of food should be breastmilk/formula until 1 year. Food is just a supplement/practice. I plan on nursing and then feeding solids a little later.

rrobert267

I serve rice as her last meal before bed. I don't worry about her getting enough bm because I mix the cereal with bm. She eats the same amount of milk with the cereal mixed in.

 

I plan to start solids in a month. Not sure how that is going to work yet.

skio

We just started a rice cereal meal in the evening. I was going to skip rice altogether, but she seemed interested so I tried it mixed with my BM and she loved it. I just consider it a little "practice" for now and will continue with just the one tablespoon of rice for a couple months.

I usually nurse at 5 or 6, then she gets her solid at 7 or 7:30, then she nurses to sleep around 8:30/9 before going down. So the rice meal has no effect on my nursing sched; she still nurses just as much.

Kered6799

nurse between 5-6, eat cereal between 7-8, bath then nurse around 9 for bed. we have only done it 4 times and only every other night (bath night) but so far it has not affected eating times.

charley7

LifetimeOfLove:

I nurse and then wait about an hour to give solids. I don't care if he doesn't eat as much solids. I rather him have the bm anyway. For now, solids are just practice and their main source of nutrition is bm/formula.

 

My man was born Apr 3 so I'm just starting but this is how I feel about it. 

blynne

Thanks everyone, I feel that milk is most important as well. Other friends of mine said they dropped the milk at cereal times or offered milk after, so I was curious to see if anyone else did that. 

AmyNicole622

LifetimeOfLove:

I nurse and then wait about an hour to give solids. I don't care if he doesn't eat as much solids. I rather him have the bm anyway. For now, solids are just practice and their main source of nutrition is bm/formula.

 The is what we do. Some days he eats more then others but he still nurses the same amount everyday.