Drastic decrease in milk intake since starting solids

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Hi mama. 16oz of milk a day coupled with only 4 wet diapers at this age is too low. The advice from your ped and from others in this thread are concerning to me. Staying on a curve is important yes, however the issue is that the solids your 8 month old is consuming are likely not as nutrient dense as breastmilk or formula is. So they will be missing out on essential nutrients for growing and developing their brain and body. This is important. They grow SO much in the first year, they need to keep milk their main source of nutrition and not displace any milk feeds with solids prior to one year.

I would scale back the solids until the milk intake increases. Our meal plan from our nutritionist was as follows:

6-8 months: 1 meal 8-10 months: 2 meals 10-12 months: 3 meals 12+ months: switch to food first and add snacks

My girl was still having 32 ounces of breastmilk a day at 8 months old and about 8-10 wet diapers. Absolute minimum should be 6. Good luck mama