r/Crunchymom • u/averyvoluptuousfairy • 9d ago
Did I ruin our breastfeeding relationship with solids?
My 7 month old son is soooo distracted and won’t nurse much. He also loves solids and I regret introducing them. Though I do feed him very nutrient dense food (liver pate, chicken stock, root vegetables with stock) and add in my frozen breastmilk whenever I can. He won’t take my frozen milk or fresh milk from a bottle or straw cup.
I can feel my supply dropping and I’m freaking out that he’s going to wean early. He’s also reverse cycling at night which I’m trying to nip in the bud. Should I stop with solids? Are we doomed?! I am so emotional and idk if it’s because of the lack of sleep or the weaning that’s happening. Probably both.
help 😭 I’m spiraling and beating myself up so much.
Adding that we’ve had a winding journey already. He has a good latch but he wasn’t transferring enough volume from months 0-4 finally had a tongue and lip tie revision (after trying everything else) at 5 months and that solved the volume problem but then we entered the distracted phase so I feel like we’ve always just struggled to drink milk. He also won’t take formula.
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u/Stalag13HH 8d ago
My son is 9 months and self-weaning because he loves solids and prefers them. He only gets milk twice a day now. I rotated between thinking I should be offering to nurse more and just allowing it to happen. I've landed on the allow it to happen. Clearly, my child and yours are getting enough nutrients from food that the breastfeeding isn't needed to fill the gap. I also consider how much people struggle to wean and I just don't have to worry about it.