solids before or after bf? i'm confused...

[Zefyra]

i've started LO on solids (6.5mths) but im really confused about when to give her a meal.

Tracey says before a feed, annabel karmel says after a feed.  I always thought for the first 12mths the milk feeds are most important and any solids on top is extra nutrition.

I don't want my milk supply to drop so Im giving milk first and waiting til almost nap time, so sometimes LO is tired and doesnt want to eat, but if I give it too early she refuses too..

[deckchariot]

I always did bf first and then solids 1 hr later.  I thought that's what the BW books said, but I've not looked at my copy in quite some time.  I do believe it's what's recommended here on the boards - for exactly the reason you say - milk is her most important food until she's a year, solids are more for fun and supplementing her milk intake.

[Zefyra]

thanks, thats exactly what i thought., and am trying to do.  Tracey says in her food chart to feed after S, before milk...

[deckchariot]

oops...I didn't do that, and it makes sense why not to.  If Tracy were still with us today, she might change some of the things she wrote because of new research/information that has come about since then.

[Zefyra]

I agree! I just keep thinking if I give dd solids first she won't take much milk then supply will drop which is what's happened to a friend of mine

[*Kara*]

You can change to solids before milk around 10/11 months, but you are right to stick to milk first for now