Your baby may be eating many kinds of solid foods. But breast milk is still his main source of nutrition. Your partner needs to eat healthy foods to maintain her energy and milk supply. Her body may be making less milk now because your baby is nursing less. But if your baby wants to nurse more, her body will make more milk.
Help your baby learn about drinking from a cup. Many parents like using a cup with a lid and spout. This helps babies move from sucking to sipping. You might want to put breast milk in the cup. Offer it at meals. As your baby learns to drink, put more breast milk in the cup. Or put water in the cup.
Your baby is learning to feed himself. That means mealtimes may be messy and stressful. Avoid quarrels. Give your baby finger foods. Talk with him so he will learn that mealtime is a social time.
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