help...... my son does not eat much......but will only breastfeed.....15months old.

[joana]

when he eats... it will only be 1 or 2 spoon and thats it .... bu he will cling o me for milk every 2 minutes.... i'm goin crasy.... shud i wean him...... and will that get him on his food again... due to this he is loosing his chubbiness.

[whitnessforhim]

Personally I am of the opinion that all babies reach the various milestones on their own time. Breastmilk has more fat and calories than any solid you could offer. It is also more nutritionally balanced than any solid you could offer your son. So I say continue to nurse him on demand. He will start eating food when he is ready. This won't last forever, it really won't.

If you start weaning him now, when he's so attached to it, it could make things worse and even make him more clingy. There is nothing unnatural about your son preferring moms warm bossom to food. Let him reach this milestone on his own momma, when he is ready. If you allow him to do this the transition will be much easier than if you force it on him.

The other thought I had is that he could be teething. The teeth that my DD got (which were around 15mo.) were the hardest for her. She nursed constantly. It was almost like she reverted to a newborn again. But she eventually got over it and stopped nursing so frequently. This is a phase just like everything else and it will pass. Hang in there.

[Jacksmommy]

ITA with whitness. My son didn't eat much of anything before the age of 2. He much preferred to nurse. Totally normal.

[Shaunsmom]

Personally I am of the opinion that all babies reach the various milestones on their own time. Breastmilk has more fat and calories than any solid you could offer. It is also more nutritionally balanced than any solid you could offer your son. So I say continue to nurse him on demand. He will start eating food when he is ready. This won't last forever, it really won't.

If you start weaning him now, when he's so attached to it, it could make things worse and even make him more clingy. There is nothing unnatural about your son preferring moms warm bossom to food. Let him reach this milestone on his own momma, when he is ready. If you allow him to do this the transition will be much easier than if you force it on him.

The other thought I had is that he could be teething. The teeth that my DD got (which were around 15mo.) were the hardest for her. She nursed constantly. It was almost like she reverted to a newborn again. But she eventually got over it and stopped nursing so frequently. This is a phase just like everything else and it will pass. Hang in there.

ITA with this. I'm sorry that you are having a hard time. This won't last forever:)

[crystal555rose]

If he was eating and now is eating less the teeth are a likely culprit. When my guy seems especially miserable, drooling and biting everything I give him some infant tylenol. And he too nurses A LOT more with tooth pain.

We are almost 20 months- can't wait to get all the teeth in!

[Maret00]

Personally I am of the opinion that all babies reach the various milestones on their own time. Breastmilk has more fat and calories than any solid you could offer. It is also more nutritionally balanced than any solid you could offer your son. So I say continue to nurse him on demand. He will start eating food when he is ready. This won't last forever, it really won't.

If you start weaning him now, when he's so attached to it, it could make things worse and even make him more clingy. There is nothing unnatural about your son preferring moms warm bossom to food. Let him reach this milestone on his own momma, when he is ready. If you allow him to do this the transition will be much easier than if you force it on him.

I agree let him nurse. My son is 20 mo and still nurses for most of his food. Remember that their tummys are only as big as their fists so a few bits and a little of mommy's milk is really all they need.

[Now_serving_number4]

My 26 month old is like this.

[GirlsMama]

My middle girl was still drinking more breastmilk than she was eating food when she was 2 years old and she is healthy as a horse now at age almost five. If she gets sick with anything it is completely gone within 24 hours, she gets over illnesses faster than anyone in the family and I attribute that to all the breastfeeding she did until she was 2 (I weaned her at 2 when I got pregnant).

She was never a good eater and she is still a very light eater and a skinny kid, I wish she had been able to nurse longer.

The point is of course, nothing your child eats is as good as breast milk. And it is normal for a child to lose their cubbiness during the second year of life when they become more active with crawling and walking and moving all around.

My youngest is 26 months old and still nurses, but not like her older sister, she would rather suck her fingers and has preferred her fingers since she was one month old. She has nursed every day and not taken bottles, but she is a terrible nursling, she will nurse for 2-7 seconds per side now, I wish she nursed longer, of my three girls she has nursed the least and she gets sick more often than her sisters. I know that may sound crazy, but it is just so obvious to me that there is a connection between the health of my girls and how often they get sick and how long the sickness stays.

My oldest nursed 4 years and she gets sick less than anyone in our family.
My middle nursed 2 years but nursed all the time and she stays sick for a shorter time than anyone in our family.
My youngest catches everything and it lasts and she has nursed the least.
My husband was not nursed at all and she gets sick all the time and takes forever to get healthy again.
I was nursed for 5 months and I never get sick but when I do I don't take medicine and make my body fight it and I believe as a result my body has gotten really strong because I get well very fast.


Anyway, sorry for veering off there a little. The point is, nurse your child anytime he wants for as long as he wants, and feed him little bits of food here and there and make the food fun and interesting if you can to help him eat more. And don't worry, the wanting to nurse all the time phase won't last forever, I promise!

[Sylko]

I nursed my first for 26-27 months (can't remember exactly). She didn't take solid food until she was a year old. I would keep nursing, but try different foods to help him make the transistion to solid food. At 15 months, he should be able to eat almost anything you eat. What you could do, though, is don't nurse on demand. Only nurse on a schedule. Lunch time, snack time, dinner time. Maybe that will encourage him to eat other foods.