exclusively breastfeeding too long?

allfrosty · November 2015

My son is almost 10 months old and is still exclusively breastfeeding. The doctor says this is safe but I feel like it's not typical. He refuses to eat anything but breast milk water and Popsicles. And tips or is this normal

mrsmessiah · November 2015

If your LO is gaining enough weight and his charts are steady, then there is no need to worry right now. Breastfeeding is the best source of nutrition that any baby can receive the first year, solids are fun and great for experimenting with until the first birthday.

My son was intrigued from the get go with solids, as he watched us put food in our mouths. When the day came to let him try pureed veggies and cereal he was so excited. This was around 6 months. We never pushed finger food either until he seemed interested on his own.

So just keep letting your baby try different things, I am sure he will find something he likes eventually. Depending on what you eat, I would try to eat with your baby in his high chair next to you, and possibly offer him something of your own to try and peak his interest.

Best of luck!!

Bigboobsmcgee · November 2015

You should be pushing solids more because that will become his primary source of nutrition after a year old plus he just needs to learn.

Also, popsicles are totally unnecessary and just full of sugar.

allfrosty · December 2015

We have tried to push them but he refuses to have anything to do with them

mrlarpr · December 2015

How are you offering solids? Purees? Table foods? Warm, cold? Definitely keep offering as eventually baby will need to switch, and I agree with PP. I would skip Popsicles and even water at this point, as baby should be trying to get as many calories as possible from BM of not getting any nutrition from other sources.

salbabe79 · December 2015

My daughter had no interest in solids until she was 14-15 months old and she breastfeed exclusively until then and then after.

Knottie1442268460 · December 2015

No Popsicles! For like another year minimum!

He needs to try solids or it could cause (or there may already be) sensory processing issues going on. You don't want to need ot later because he didn't experiment with foods!

wintersong · December 2015

Maybe ask your doctor about some kind of occupational therapy or speech therapy for his mouth? There might be something going on, such as a tongue tie or sensory issues that are making him refuse food. If you feel like something is wrong, trust your instincts. Take comfort knowing that your son is healthy now, and you have time to teach him through modeling to enjoy food.

Otherwise my advice is to try to relax and be calm about it. Sometimes babies sense our stress about things and it makes them stressed. Keep offering different kinds of food and act nonchalant about it.

I usually lurk, but I wanted you to feel free to follow your instincts here!!

To add some context about where I am coming from with this post, my son is also10 months. He has been eating small amounts of solids since 6 months. He is pretty much done with pureed now, and ears about1/4 cup of food pieces at each meal, often less. This is a small amount of food, but succeed her is nursing and following his percentile through the charts I am not concerned.

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