Nine month old decided that a largely liquid diet stinks?

Question

My daughter was taking in 30 oz plus of breastmilk (bottle feeds at the daycare, and 3-4 nursing sessions when not in daycare) plus two solid feeds (stage 3 jars). A couple of days ago she pitched a mighty fit at the sitter's and blew the milk all over her. The sitter noticed that my daughter was staring intently at the older toddlers eating food. She experimented and gave her some solids and told me that she is getting old enough to where milk shouldn't be so much and my daughter is telling me so. Well yesterday my daughter practically did "tell me" by refusing to more than 10 oz of milk over there. She did take food. So, is she self weaning? How much milk should she be getting now? Thanks.

ETA: She's a very picky eater, so I am somewhat nervous with the milk decrease because I want to make sure shes getting equivalent calories, kwim? She can't eat three meals of fruit and yogurt. Or can she??

Answer 1

I would start her on cereal (baby of course) and use your breast milk instead of cows milk to make it. If you are not familiar, it has the consistency of a watery cream of wheat. You can buy a bottle for cereal that has a larger nipple opening and the bottom slides up so she won't take in a lot of air. You can try to spoon feed her a little to see how she takes it.

Answer 2

I would start introducing a change in her diet, some children develop a need for solid food sooner than others. Try giving her some cereal mixed with fruit or yogurt in the morning for breakfast with a 1/2 bottle. Then if she fusses before lunch give her another 1/2 bottle. then for lunch introduce some meat, veg baby food, 1/2 bottle of milk. Then 1/2 bottle in the afternoon maybe with a jar of fruit or yogurt. Then follow same pattern for dinner and then just prior to bedtime give her alittle cereal w/ fruit and 1/2 bottle. She will tell you if she is getting too much, or not enough. That is the routine that I followed for my kids and it worked well.

Answer 3

this is the age you start introducing proteins and things of that nature. Just take things slow, I find beans are a great food since theyre easy to pick up and tasty. Stick with simple foods but dont be afraid to feed some table foods, just nothing too hard or too over processed. Potatos are another great food as well as carrots and peas. Anything you find in a jar can be given to her in its regular form. If youre worried about her nutrition suffering while shes in the transitional phase talk to your doctor about vitamin drops.

Answer 4

Picky eater excuse me are you kidding at this stage of the game you said she was just starting solids everything will be new and it will be a new texture and taste that she has to get used to. Picky eaters come from picky parents what ever I put in front of my kids they tried, may not have liked all but did try.

Answer 5

Your doctor should be giving you updates at every well-baby check-up on what your child should be eating at each stage. Ours said to start cereal at 6 months. Mine like the barley best. You can also find stages information all over the net. Make sure you check them out though and not start your baby on table foods quite yet. Their tummys aren't ready for digesting all the stuff we digest just yet.

Answer 6

Baby cookies are also very good, she can hold them herself. They don't constitute a meal, but they serve as complement to her diet.