Mine wouldn't have shut up screaming and demanding milk if I hadn't just given him an extra bottle after the solids (and I've read some similar threads but it's not every baby that's like that). It didn't last very long though. I offered both a sippy of water and a bottle of water throughout the meal as he wasn't very good with the sippy and I wanted to ensure he got whatever fluid he needed. I did find solids hard work and very time consuming in the early days though, my DS took to solids in a big way, immediately, so we were rapidly onto 3 meals and each one took 45 mins feeding time! It felt like all he did was eat and sleep because his entire A time was taken up with eating and I barely got him down for his nap fast enough. His A time also decreased slightly in those early days from the extra effort of eating, sitting up for that amount of time, using muscles he wasn't used to using, and the high stimulation of new experiences all made him tired before his regular A time was up. We didn't really have any play time, well it felt that way, but remember that play is about experiences and eating is a new experience so it doesn't matter if there isn't much in the way of other play. Gradually he was less tired from eating and also ate faster. Although it was hard to keep up, I enjoyed every minute of it, such an amazing journey to take with your LO.
Not all babies take to solids in such a big way from 6 months though, it is also very normal to have just one solids meal per day for a while and for them to only take a few bites, totally normal. Just depends on your baby.
