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I agree with you...milk is supposed to be the main source f nutrition the first yr an offering solids first could cause his milk intake to go down or could even cause early weaning. He just might not be ready!

@Adira: gotcha, my husband was more into solids than I was too. Is he a research type of guy? Maybe send him some links. Kelly mom is a good resource. I think especially if your little guy was crying in his high chair when you first tried, trying when he was hungry would just make it less fun for everyone!

There are some doctors who advocate solids before nursing, so i don't necessarily think that he's entirely wrong.

Breast feeding advocate sites will always say bm before solids, so they will be biased. If he doesn't want to eat after bm then he's probably full and the bm is enough. I would only do it the other way if you are looking to start weaning him soon.

Not all babies are crazy for solids. My LO didn't really start getting into solids until about the 7-8 month mark. There is no rush! He'll get there eventually.

Milk first then solids. We typically did solids and hour or so after nursing too with no issues. I think he just might not be ready yet.

@Freckles: Our pedi said formula before solids as well, so I don't think it's necessarily a breastfeeding recommendation? Though I guess if someone was concerned with milk supply it would be more relevant to bf'ing only.

@dagret: yah... i was all about the exclusive breast fed until he was potty trained at first haha!!

If I gave LO solids when she was starving she would just sit there and scream. She wasn't the best at eating, it took her a while to figure the whole thing out and she would just get frustrated. I would wait about an hour after she had a bottle to give her solids. That way she would eat something, but it wouldn't be so much that I had to worry that she wasn't eating her bottle.

at 6 months my LO was having only one meal of solids a day and I would give her the solids about an hour or so before nursing. They dont eat much at that time anyway so offering a few spoons of solids an hour before nursing should not have an effect of making them nurse less

With both DD and DS we have done solids first then nursing but that was more because we wanted to eat as a family and were in the "food for fun before 1" camp. I think it helped that both took to solids quickly without compromising their nursing sessions. All kids are different and some just aren't that into solids; I have a friend whose 2 year old barely eats anything because he is just not into the textures.

I agree with ladies above, offer a milk feed before offering solids Kelly mom is great! Our LO's are almost exactly a month apart, if I remember correctly. We introduced at 6.5 months.

I offer to nurse LO before solids. We're doing BLW though and believe in the food for fun before one! If he's actually hungry he just wants to nurse, he doesn't equate actual food with satisfying hunger yet. I think all kiddos are different though. Some are ready sooner than others, some dive right in, some play for awhile. I wouldn't push it, that's just me though Xander will let you know how he's feeling.

@scg00387: The 2nd paragraph of my comment referred specifically to breastfeeding advocate sites (like Kelly mom), not doctors. In fact, our pediatrician recommended solids before bm, and i only followed this because she had major constipation issues when i did the reverse. But before that i was all, "But Kelly mom says that's not the way to do it!!"

Just saying that the husband's suggestion isn't necessarily the incorrect way.