Solids: How Much and How Often?

As long as your son is directing his food choices, it is fine. He will eat what he needs and he will nurse when he needs.

Also, as your baby is older now, he is likely far more efficient at getting milk from the breast in a relatively short period of time.

For me, I sent my daughter to daycare with bottles of EBM. The bottles started coming back home and she started waiting out the day to nurse because she had a bigger stomach and could. By 9 months, I was sending one 4oz bottle in with her.

Let your son eat what he wants. According my ped, by 9 months he should be eating with the family from table foods. So, 3 meals by 9 months.

Sounds to me like a growth spurt! If he's hungry feed him! My daughter went through phases where she ate non-stop, then would eat hardly anything. Do you give him snacks? Maybe a snack between meals might help too.

Hi W., right now I'm feeding my 6 month old some lunch and some dinner in solids. He has about 1 1/2 tablespoons of oatmeal/rice with equal amount of veggies. Then he takes about another tablespoon of fruits. Some days he'll eat a bit less. But I breastfeed him after his meals as well. But then I have another friend who feeds her daughter- same age- almost 2 packs of those 1st solids. And she's a 3 time mom so I trust her. As long as the baby seems hungry and willing to eat, it's ok to feed him is my understanding. Clearly when he doesn't want to eat anymore he refuses the spoon. I don't know how much milk my baby's getting but I read 24 oz is the norm, so sounds like you're right on track!

Hi W.,
I read through your question and that I would offer up my thoughts for you. I have an 8 month old son, my first as well, and we're just a couple of months ahead of you in the solids process so maybe I can be of help. Granted this all just my opinion so take it with a grain of salt. Once you start introducing solds the baby will just not need as much milk in general, that's OK. He is getting some hydration also through the solids that you give him in teh AM and PM. I think it's OK to just give him enough food at the 2 meals based on what kind of cues he's giving you. My son started the same way and we just kept working our way up in terms of 4 oz jars at his meals. I was also really surprised with how much he was eating but figured if he wanted it, there wasn't really any reason for me to curtail it. I didn't ad lunch until he was 7.5 months, but I have friends who added lunch in earlier than that too. Anyway, I think that there's nothing wrong with starting lunch and seeing what he does at the other meals,maybe he'll take less, but my guess is that when they are this little and their mobility increases so dramatically they're just hungrier and you don't have to intentionally curb their appetite. I'm also just breasfeeding, and I think my son is only getting about 16 oz a day 'ish. My milk supply has decreased since solids, and if you're curious what he's getting, you could pump a feed or two and see what your yield looks like.
I hope I helped and didn't rmable too much :)