RE: 8 month old who only wants to breastfeed - anybody been there?
Benjamin is almost 1 and is still take it or leave it with solids. Some days he will eat tons and some days all he wants to do is nurse. For example: yesterday he nursed when he got up, ate a jar of EB peaches, bananas and oatmeal and 2 handfuls of Cheerios for breakfast, nursed for mid-morning snack, lunch was a cut-up banana (ate the whole thing) and the Gerber puffs (he is addicted to those :) )and finished with nursing, nursed for mid-afternoon snack, dinner was a jar of EB sweet potatoes (he would eat these all day long if he could) and a container of YoBaby fruit and cereal yogurt. He still wakes up to nurse 2-4 times a night for about 10 minutes each time.
Today he nursed when he woke up, had 4 Cheerios and 1 spoonful of EB apples and blueberries for breakfast and has only wanted to nurse since then. He did have a handful of Cheerios while I was picking out his pictures today but he was really just playing with them and most ended up on the floor. I will offer him some sweet potatoes at dinner as he never refuses those.
He's very different from Billy who was eating pretty much all solids at 1 and only nursing before bed and in the morning.
He's gaining weight and is a very healthy happy little boy so I don't worry about it. Now if he's still like this at 3 :)
Mommy to my 2 sandy boys
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