mayerling
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mayerling|1358359082|3356969 said:LC, so E was on 3 meals of solids at 6 months? N is 6 months but we are still on one solid meal.
mayerling|1358359082|3356969 said:LC, so E was on 3 meals of solids at 6 months? N is 6 months but we are still on one solid meal.
megumic said:We just started solids on Sunday at 5 months:
Wake: 6oz bottle
Lunch: 2 oz avocado (we haven't tried anything else yet) 4ozbottle
Afternoon: 6oz bottle
Dinner: 6oz bottle
Bed: 4-6oz bottle
We will add breakfast next and dinner last. That way if we try a new food and he has an allergy, the reaction will happen during the day. Also, since formula orBM are superior in terms of nutrition to real food, it's better to not reduce bottles,but rather add the food when baby is hungry enough for all the food and bottles. I'm reading Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron and it has been great.
amc80|1358434310|3357769 said:megumic said:We just started solids on Sunday at 5 months:
Wake: 6oz bottle
Lunch: 2 oz avocado (we haven't tried anything else yet) 4ozbottle
Afternoon: 6oz bottle
Dinner: 6oz bottle
Bed: 4-6oz bottle
We will add breakfast next and dinner last. That way if we try a new food and he has an allergy, the reaction will happen during the day. Also, since formula orBM are superior in terms of nutrition to real food, it's better to not reduce bottles,but rather add the food when baby is hungry enough for all the food and bottles. I'm reading Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron and it has been great.
I'm jealous at the amount he eats! B still has to eat every 2-3 hours during the day, and 1-2 times during the night.
megumic|1358527482|3358737 said:amc80|1358434310|3357769 said:megumic said:We just started solids on Sunday at 5 months:
Wake: 6oz bottle
Lunch: 2 oz avocado (we haven't tried anything else yet) 4ozbottle
Afternoon: 6oz bottle
Dinner: 6oz bottle
Bed: 4-6oz bottle
We will add breakfast next and dinner last. That way if we try a new food and he has an allergy, the reaction will happen during the day. Also, since formula orBM are superior in terms of nutrition to real food, it's better to not reduce bottles,but rather add the food when baby is hungry enough for all the food and bottles. I'm reading Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron and it has been great.
I'm jealous at the amount he eats! B still has to eat every 2-3 hours during the day, and 1-2 times during the night.
Is that b/c he eats more than that, or b/c he can't hold as much at once? I think by 5-6 months they should be okay through the night once they learn to drop the feed; but of course every baby is different as well. Have you considered trying to drop the nighttime feeds? Maybe b/c he is on the bigger side he just needs more volume. C is somewhere in the low 16 lb range now and about 26-27", just for reference.
megumic|1358530904|3358781 said:Yeah, maybe he isn't hungry but just wants comfort in the middle of the night. C sucks his thumb so if he wakes up at night, we will try to soothe without picking him up but if that doesn't work we will and he instantly sucks his thumb. At 20lbs he should be fine without food during he night. Does he have a bottle before bed? If he falls asleep with it, then maybe he wants it to get himback to sleep as well. ??
C drinks 6oz at a time. I've thought about upping it,but like you,worry ab the spit up factor. Everyone says babys stop eating when they're full, but I feel like C would eat allll day if we offered all the time. As far as solids,, he has onlyhad 2ozservings, but I'm sure he could easily do 4oz ata time. Trial and error I guess.
megumic|1358534779|3358831 said:Yeah I want to try 7oz too, but formula is by the twos, so I'd want to make it 8 so we don't waste any! Haha oh gosh.