@Spencer
I have an 8 month old son, and I ebf him for the first 4 months. And I started introducing solids at 4.5 months. I’m so lucky that I’ve never had supply issues, and he still nurses 3-4 times a day, including at night before bed. But I wasn’t taking any chances. So we started solids a little early, and I started giving him an infant multivitamin with iron at that time, as well.
@Spencer
This happened with my baby too. Eating solids has helped her so much! Not only getting her back on her curve but also with her pincer grasp and sensory exploration.
Kellen said:
@Spencer
This happened with my baby too. Eating solids has helped her so much! Not only getting her back on her curve but also with her pincer grasp and sensory exploration.
I’m glad to hear it worked!! We have our six month appointment next weekend and I’m so worried. I really hope he gained enough weight!
@Mica
This is my biggest fear. My 7 month old refuses all foods.
Ode said:
@Mica
This is my biggest fear. My 7 month old refuses all foods.
It’ll be okay. I was born in ‘86 and my mom was a very active member of her La Leche League chapter and back then the advice was no table food (solids) before 1. So I didn’t have any food till 1 with no supplementation of vitamin d or iron. I was the picture of health as an infant and child. Still am. And I’ve birthed 2 beautiful and huge babies who are absolutely perfect. Yes, it’d be ideal if your 7 month old were eating lots. But I wouldn’t lose too much sleep over it and just keep trying your very best.
Ode said:
@Mica
This is my biggest fear. My 7 month old refuses all foods.
I talked to my pediatrician about this topic, and said this is where an infant multivitamin is helpful. We give our 8 month old mommy’s bliss multivitamin with iron, and zarbees vitamin d.
agree!! i saw someone post that their 11mo was still EBF- she was adamant on the “food before one was just for fun” and did not plan on starting solids until 13mo 
Nico said:
agree!! i saw someone post that their 11mo was still EBF- she was adamant on the “food before one was just for fun” and did not plan on starting solids until 13mo
That’s actually insane.
This phrase is a tricky one. It’s created to ease some stress about the baby eating solids, but then some people end up being too relaxed about it. I see quite a bit of posts on various subs with people freaking out that their child is nearly 1 years old and still primarily formula/breastfeeding and they don’t know how to all of a sudden have the child be eating 3 meals plus snacks. I’m from the US, but live in another country and the mindset here is vastly different. Basically you start off with lunch and offer solids first, then top off with milk. Eventually the baby will hopefully eat enough until that milk feed drops. Then you move onto breakfast or dinner, slowly but surely dropping milk feeds so when the baby hits one year old they’ve already adapted to 3 meals and 1-2 snacks. I’ve been following the “rules” on how feeding solids should be here, and even though it’s super stressful and annoying, it’s also nice that I don’t have to worry so much about it when she turns 1.
@Reilly
That’s so smart. My ped recommended we start dinner just because baby gets messy and he can go straight in the bath haha. I did that for a while and we’re now up to 2-3 times a day as baby wants. We haven’t dropped any milk feeds yet but he’s definitely too little for that
Edit to add that some things in the parenting world aren’t supposed to be easy! Yes it’s stressful to make sure your doing it right, but that doesn’t mean you can just not do it.
It’s really not lol my son gets hangry 
he’s 11 months now. And he loves to eat real food and really cry hard breast milk seems to not make him full anymore.
Afton said:
It’s really not lol my son gets hangry
My son loves food too!! He drinks breast milk when he wakes up from his naps and solids before naps (following his cues, I don’t feed him if he’s not hungry) our naps have gotten so much better now!
Holy shit, I read this post when it was first posted. I agreed, of course. But now I saw a post on one of FB groups. Mom never introduced solids via the pediatrician’s advice and her 7 mo dropped from 50%, 25%, 9% and 2%. This sounds like dangerous advice at this point.
@Masitsa
That is so scary omg
Spencer said:
@Masitsa
That is so scary omg
The cognitive dissonance 
Yeah our little dude was gumming everything down before 1. He’s almost 13 months now and still no teeth but that didn’t stop him from chomping up ribs and green beans for dinner lol. He’s been eating like that since 10 months or so. He just mostly eats what we eat along with milk/formula as needed. Getting him started way before 1 has him eating food like a normal little human albeit without the silverware. It’s crazy to watch really lol
@Father1
We gave our son a lamb chop for his half birthday!! He loved it!
Thank you! I was told/read the same thing. I was under the same misconception until I started feeding my LO.
Erie said:
Thank you! I was told/read the same thing. I was under the same misconception until I started feeding my LO.
I was so scared to start my baby on solids!! He’s been on purées since 4.5 months and doing a mix of purées and BLW now that he’s 6 months old. He loves food, he loves trying new things, and he still loves boob lol.
Also critical to get iron which breastmilk doesn’t have. Up to 6 months baby is getting iron from stores from the placenta. That’s also why delayed cord clamping is now encouraged.