10 month old still mostly just breastfeeding?

Question

I am starting to worry I am doing my son a huge diservice. My 10 month old is still mostly just breastfeeding with very few solids. The main reasons for this is that previously we were living with my inlaws and going all the way upstairs and fixing food and working around thier mess and such made it difficult to get the solids going. We moved about a month ago into a small apartment. We have not gotten a kitchen table yet (inlaws promised thier old one, but havent recieved new one yet) anyhow so with out the table it is hard to get the baby sat down and eating. I do offer several foods, different baby foods and some table foods- but he never seems interested. At dinner time I do put him in his walker that has a tray and give him some dinner and some times he eats. Anyhow he is still mostly just eating the breastmilk. Once we have the table I do plan on offering more meals and less nursing sessions. But is he okay still just having the breastmilk? he seems satisfied and weighs average.

Also- I had planned on extended nursing. So weaning is not a problem yet.

Answer 1

Your son is getting exactly what he need to continue normal growth while he's still a baby! Until he's about a year old, your milk should remain the main component of his diet. Before a year, breastmilk provides complete nutrition. It's also higher in calories and nutrients than most of the baby and table foods a 10-month old will eat. He needs that concentrated nutrition to continue growing well.

Right now, solids are mostly for experiencing different tastes and textures, and participating with the family at mealtimes. As your son gets older, let his cues guide you on when to offer solids and when to breastfeed. It's not unusual for a toddler to continue getting most of their nutrition from breastfeeding, also. As long as you offer him a variety of healthy foods, he'll choose the right amount to get the calories and nutrients he needs.

Answer 2

I think that at 11 months old 1 or 2 ounces of whole milk is fine as long as it is mixed with your breastmilk. Most pediatricians recommend starting whole milk at 12 months, and with only one month left to go I dont think it should be an issue. And you are right, as long as you do not have a high risk pregnancy, breastfeeding during your whole pregnancy is perfectly fine. I personally think you need to find a new pediatrician. Why would any doctor recommend to stop breastfeeding your child unless there was serious medical problems? Good for you for continuing to breastfeed, and congrats on your new little one!

Answer 3

Why are you concerned? YOU are doing what's right for your baby; those who stick bottles in their kids' mouths and give them solids at two months because they think it will help them sleep longer (which it won't) are the ones who should be worried. For the first full year, all a baby needs is breast milk. Any solids he eats aren't really for nutrition, but for practice. That's not to say that everything he eats shouldn't be nutritious, though. Try some table foods if you want, but don't stress out if he doesn't eat them. He's fine on just your milk for at least the next couple of months.

Answer 4

He sounds normal and healthy!

Your milk is still the most perfect food for him, it has everything he needs--the right balance of fats, vitamins, minerals, etc--to grow strong. Not to mention the incredible brain-building elements and immunological properties.

My 8 month old has only a couple bites a day, he probably eats 95% breastmilk, 5% solids--you should see the little chunk! Kellymom.com recommends that at 12 months, they are still getting AT LEAST 75% of their daily intake from breastmilk and only 25% of solids.

So keep going, he sounds like he's doing great!

Answer 5

He is just fine :) My daughter had no interest in solids until almost 12 months and was exclusively breastfed. She is now almost 14 months and will eat breakfast and dinner and all the rest is breastmilk. She hates regular milk but will drink water or juice from a sippy.

You are not doing him a disservice at all. Breastmilk has all the nutrients he needs.

Answer 6

For the first year, baby's nutrition should come from mainly breastmilk or formula. Don't stress those solids. Keep introducing and offering. Some children don't take to them right away.

Answer 7

We never feed my son in a high chair or at the table. I sit on the floor and feed him, and at dinner time he sits between us on the sofa and eats what we're having.

HOnestly, if you wait until you have a table, or you wait until you have this or that its not going to make a difference. Just do it now. Keep food on the coffee table for him, and sit him down at the same time every day and give him a jar of baby food.

My 10 month old actually gave up brast feeding this week. He's been impossible to get to lay still to nurse lately, and the other day he just refused it completley. So he's been on milk and regular food since- although he's always had those things, just not so much cows milk.

You jsut have to keep giving it to him in the place of a nursing here and there. Stop waiting for the right situation, that just doesnt happen.

If you dont want to ween him then whats the problem? Weaning just means you give a few meals of food instead of boobies little by little as the months go by. He's not going to do that, so just leave him how he is.

Answer 8

Do not worry, He will eat when he is ready. My frien mostly breast fed her son like that too. He didnt even get interested in food till he was two! Even then not much he mostly still nursed. At 3 years old. He weened himself and is now eating food and drinking like normal :) If you dont worry the kids will do things in thair own time when they are ready.

Answer 9

Breast milk is the best thing for your child. He is a lucky little boy that you have continued feeding him. Solid foods should be introduced slowly. Each child will have their own schedule as to when they are ready. Your boy is just fine. Talk to his pediatrician about your concerns. This is bonding time, I believe that children should be breast feed for at least the first year.

Answer 10

You're fine. He really doesn't NEED anything but breastmilk- a lot of mothers don't even offer solids till a year.
Good for you :-)