Sometimes I think I should cut back on the solids and try to get him to take more milk, but I don't think he'd take it anyway! And I'd feel bad leaving him 'hungry' by not allowing him to lead in his solids eating you know? I basically give him food until he is full and stops.
I had DS weighed this week and he is on the same centile line he has followed since birth so no weight loss with the low milk intake, I just get concerned about nutrients so I give infant vitamin drops. I just read a thread about calcium requirements and am not worried about that any longer as it seems he would be getting plenty in his food.
I don't give juice. I do offer water at meal times and a few occasions throughout the day (like if he wakes from a nap and it is not milk time yet or he's just had a reflux sick up a couple of hours after milk/food) usually it's a few sips he takes. I'm now offering milk in the sippy cup at meal times to try to get a little more in him. They can have as much water as they need now they are on solids so you don't need to be shy with the water, but as DS takes so little milk I try to offer that more. I can't offer milk for long periods or throughout the day apart from meal and milk times because he has to have thickener in for his silent reflux. I don't offer a bottle beyond 15 mins, if he hasn't had the milk by then he isn't going to take it.
Breakfast I was giving baby cereal (porridge or wheatabix type but salt/sugar free) every day because I made it with his formula - another way to get milk in! But now he is refusing it. So now it's a variety of things like eggy bread, banana french toast, home made fruit pancakes, toast, poached egg etc. And always fruit.
Lunch and dinner are a very big variety of things from stew to curry to pasta or a simple sandwich (variety of vegies and sauces, fish, poultry, pulses) but again always fruit too. Yogurt I have to limit because it is quite acidic for his reflux. Just tried creme freche today as I think it is less acidic than yogurt, I also noticed it is lower in salt than yogurt too. I'm always worried about going over the salt allowance esp when he won't have cereal as bread is quite high too (I think UK bread is higher in salt than other places possibly there was a news report on it recently). I do make cheese sauce on pasta but there's a limit to how much sauce they can pick up without a spoon! I give small cubes of cheese after most meals too, partly for the dairy and party because I heard it neutralizes the acid from fruit so helps to keep teeth healthy.
I home bake savoury muffins and fruit pancakes so I can take some out with us for a picnic or if we aren't going to be home in time for a meal.
I tended to spoon feed the porridge/cereal because he got so frustrated that he wanted it in his tummy and not on his face that he wanted me to help him. He isn't great with sloppy food on a spoon but he uses a fork wonderfully.
Poop is bound to change with the alteration of eating habits. Every other day is just as normal as several times per day (DS does up to 6 per day at the moment!) and well-formed is fine so long as it is not hard. There's a thread in the solid food board (a sticky under the BLW one) on laxative foods. It's worth browsing through as you can learn how to naturally control LO's BMs. For example I never thought carrots could cause constipation. Carrots do seem to firm DS up possibly a little too much if I give them often so now I balance it with a prune. If he gets a little loose I put carrots on the menu
There's also a FAQ on poop somewhere which you might find handy too!
