https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 09:51:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-before-1-is-just-for-fun-but-then#post-1742711 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 09:53:23 +0000 MoonMoon 1742711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: awesome! Hearing your LO's example, and those recommendations (which I'd never seen before) is reassuring! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-before-1-is-just-for-fun-but-then#post-1742276 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 03:18:55 +0000 Kemma 1742276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: my LO has always been a booby baby and she was probably 14-15 months old before she really started eating food in any great quantities. She's now 21 months old and eating alot more solids but still bf'ing 4-6 times a day but she can go 6-7 hours without bf'ing if we're out and about.</p> <p>It might make you feel better to know that Kellymom recommends a diet of 75% milk and 25% solids at 12 months, 50/50 at 18 months and 25% bm and 75% solids at two years. It's also worth noting that the majority of the "mainstream" nutrition advice is based on a child being weaned at twelve months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-before-1-is-just-for-fun-but-then#post-1742260 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 01:17:10 +0000 MoonMoon 1742260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: yes, I have to remember nursing is good for hydration too, haha! He doesn't drink much water yet, although he's finally mastered the straw cup, so we'll see... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-before-1-is-just-for-fun-but-then#post-1742258 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 01:14:25 +0000 googly-eyes 1742258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: my LO still does this sometimes an she is almost two. I can't speak to the nursing but I do know LO did purées and drank milk/liquid calories here and there throughout the year when she didn't seem to eat enough and that seemed to work out ok especially in hot weather... If I had to guess I'd say nursing in July is good for hydration and calories. Also my ped says to look more at how much LO eats in a week than a day. </p> <p>@Arden: so is that on average? Pretty awesome. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-before-1-is-just-for-fun-but-then#post-1742256 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 01:12:40 +0000 MoonMoon 1742256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: @hellocupcake: thank you for the reassurance! I definitely let him bf on demand, and I try to not pressure him to eat more than he wants to at the table. I think I just needed this reminder that he's not missing out, and that his appetite for solids will come along at his pace. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-before-1-is-just-for-fun-but-then#post-1742252 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:44:09 +0000 Arden 1742252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found this graphic really encouraging. </p> <p>[attach=2195/14/n8bulm.600x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-before-1-is-just-for-fun-but-then#post-1742251 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:41:33 +0000 hellocupcake 1742251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our pediatrician said that as long as LO was still nursed on demand I shouldn't worry about how much food she was consuming. Her recommendation was to always offer solids first, at least 3 times a day, while still letting LO nurse as much as she asked for. It worked really well for us. At around 15 months she started to nurse more for comfort and less for nutritional purposes. I think LO will take the lead on transitioning. :) good luck :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-before-1-is-just-for-fun-but-then#post-1742250 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:39:02 +0000 Arden 1742250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, there's no such thing as nursing too much as far as his health goes. Viviana still nurses 6-10 times a day at 15 months, and eats a reasonable amount of solid food. She's very healthy and her weight has pretty much maintained the same percentile.</p> <p>Even though they NEED milk before 12 months, that doesn't mean that he's not still getting a lot of nutrition from it now that he's older. It's almost like a safety net - while he develops his appetite and learns how to enjoy solid food, he's still getting some significant nutrition from your milk. It's a great thing! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-before-1-is-just-for-fun-but-then#post-1742249 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:26:46 +0000 MoonMoon 1742249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just checking in to see if any other bees have been in the same boat. I'm sure LO is ok, but I'm wondering if his eating/food intake seems normal to you guys.</p> <p>He was and is breastfed. We started solids at 6 months, more or less following BLW. It's worked great, now he's 13 months old and LO likes a wide variety of foods, tries everything, spits out when he can't chew, etc. But the problem is, I'm never sure how much food he ingests, because he's playing with it, and he still nurses a lot (6-8x/24 hours). I guess I thought by now the experimentation phase would be changing over to eating larger and larger portions, but it hasn't seemed to click yet. Can a 13 month old nurse too much? Should I be worried if he doesn't seem to eat large amounts of solids, seeming to prefer to play with food? </p>