2 solids a day?

lajolla09.30.06

When and how did you start 2 solids a day?  Our pedi told us to start at their 6 month appointment but I still haven't done it because it's such a pain to get everything ready, feed them, clean everything up etc... I know I should do it but it's just kind of a hassle.  Ok that makes me sound like a bad mom

We've always done their one solids feeding as "lunch" at noon because mh comes home for lunch and helps me feed them.  Should I do the new one as breakfast?  dinner?  If it was either of those it will be pretty close to lunch so maybe I need to move it to only have breakfast/dinner and no lunch?  I'm completely undecided....

And if you do 2 meals a day do you do different foods at different meals?  Right now we mix in a fruit or veggie with a cereal at every meal.

cdg23

I just moved to 2 meals a day because they were not making it to their last bottle of the day with the 4 hour stretch. It has gone really well! I do cereal and fruit in the morning (before their morning nap) and then dinner..usually just a veggie at 5:30 or so. They seem to be hungriest in the  morning and evening, so this has worked out good for us.

sweater

cdg23:

I just moved to 2 meals a day because they were not making it to their last bottle of the day with the 4 hour stretch. It has gone really well!?I do cereal and fruit in the morning (before their morning nap) and then dinner..usually just a veggie at 5:30 or so. They seem to be hungriest in the? morning and evening, so this has worked out good for us.

That's what I did. Just added "lunch" a few weeks ago to have 3 meals in by the 9 month marker. ?

quickstepstar

when we did 2, we did lunch and breakfast (now we do 3, yogurt for the 3rd one, dinner) for breakfast I give them oatmeal with fruit (usually apple and some other one) and for lunch, whole grain or rice cereal with veggies.?

quicksylva

we do fruit and cereal for breakfast (after milk) and then a veggie at lunchtime, sometimes mixed with cereal for consistency. i don't find it to be too much work as long as we are at home   Depending on what we have going on for the day, i may make that second feeding later, like closer to dinner. We'll probably start adding in a third solid feeding over the next few weeks.

Heather.D

We do breakfast and dinner right now.  It works out that around 9 AM they have fruit and cereal. Around 5-6ish they have a veggie.  I swear, I feel like I spend most of my days making bottles, giving bottles, washing bottles, setting up for meals, feeding meals, cleaning up after meals (including Charlotte's). I will be in trouble when we throw the 3rd meal of the day in there.