Increasing solids?

greeneyed_bride

We started DS (six months one week old) on solids (rice cereal and veggies) a month ago, and he has now tried five different foods. When we first started him on solids, he would eat a pretty good amount - one small jar of baby food veggies or rice cereal made with over two ounces of breast milk. However, lately he has not been interested in eating solids. He will eat only a few bites - up to half a jar at most - and then refuse to eat. He's very interested in holding the spoon himself and chewing on his bib, so I think he's just too distracted to eat much. He still nurses about eight times a day. 

Yesterday we had his six-month well visit at the pediatrician, and I asked her if/when I needed to start replacing nursing sessions with solid meals. She said that because he still likes to nurse and because breast milk is still the best possible food for him, I don't need to worry about increasing his solids. I'm perfectly happy to nurse him as much as he wants, but I'm just curious if anyone else had heard the same thing from their pediatrician. I know he's still very young, but I guess I'm a little worried that at some point, him not wanting to eat solids could become more of a problem. Should I still be pushing solids or just let DS nurse as his sole source of food?

el_twirpo

through 12 months old, solids are just for practice and experimentation. they're learning different tastes and textures and how to feed themselves. approach it like that, and one day he'll really get the hang of solids. it's all bonus calories on top of the breastmilk.

chicagocubsfan23

My LC said that until he's a year old all he really needs is breastmilk. Like PP said, it's just to get them used to different tastes

greeneyed_bride

Thanks, ladies! Maybe I'll just back off a bit and then try again in a few weeks to see if he's more interested. I figured his pediatrician knew what she was talking about, but I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't be creating future eating problems.