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Breast milk stays your baby's most important source of nutrition through the first year — starting solids doesn't change that. Logging milk feeds here helps you see how nursing fits alongside your baby's first foods during the transition.
How to serve
Breast milk (or formula) is all your baby needs, fed on demand.
Keep nursing on demand — milk is still the main source of nutrition while solids are for learning and practice. Nurse before or after solid meals, whichever works for your baby.
Milk feeds continue alongside growing solid meals; many babies naturally take a little less milk as they eat more.
Keep breastfeeding as long as you and your baby wish — the WHO recommends up to 2 years or beyond alongside family foods.
Nutrition
Complete nutrition for young babies: easily absorbed protein, healthy fats for brain development, calcium, vitamins, and protective antibodies that formula cannot provide. One important gap from around 6 months: breast milk alone no longer covers your baby's iron needs — this is exactly why iron-rich first foods matter.
Good to know
Pair breast milk with iron-rich solids (meat, beans, lentils, fortified oats, eggs) from 6 months to cover the iron gap. True reactions to breast milk itself are extremely rare; if your baby seems to react after feeds, talk to your pediatrician — occasionally a food in the mother's diet (most often cow's milk) is involved.
Tip
Expressed breast milk is a wonderful bridge to solids: use it to thin purees, mix into porridge or mash, and make new flavors taste familiar. Refrigerate expressed milk promptly and use it within a few days; follow trusted storage guidance for room, fridge, and freezer times.
