How many "meals" does your 6mo old eat/day?

AndiG

By "meals" I mean solids (cereal, fruit/veggie).

DD had her 6mo well check today and the pedi's handout says 3meals a day.  I thought the new recommendation was to start at 6mo?  We actually started at 5mo and DD now has oatmeal/fruit in the AM and oatmeal/veg in the PM.  I did the same with DS, just wondering what others are doing/did.  

 

debs1018

My pedi also told me 3 meals at 6 mos. My daughter is almost 7 mos now and I started the 3 meals about a week ago. She gets cereal/fruit for breakfast, a veggie for lunch and a veggie/dinner and a fruit for dinner. And bottles in between. Do what you feel is best and what she is ready for. I am starting puffs now too. Well trying at least.

lilpiglet

DS is on two, sometimes three meals a day, I started food at 4 months, he gets oatmeal berry mix in the morning OR rice and a fruit, and then at dinner he gets a veggie and a fruit or a "dinner" and a fruit, I started giving him a veggie and fruit at lunch time this week also mainly because he has a cold and can't really drink his bottle and breathe without gagging. Oh and DS is on stage 2 foods I have also started the puffs, but he's not liking them to much.  He'll be 7 months on the 15th

lsufan

We do two meals a day right now and will probably start three meals a day in the next few weeks.   Every time we add a meal, it complicates our routine a bit, so I'm holding off as long as possible.

Angela814

We saw an older pedi when ours was on maternity leave. She had a similar handout.

We started solids at 6 months (well, really just before). She had 1 meal/day up until 9 months. I added the 2nd meal at 9 months and the 3rd meal at 12 months. By 8 months she was also getting table foods as snacks.

Our pedi said most babies are eating 2 meals/day by 9 months and 3 meals/day by 12 months. I basically followed her advice along with what I'd read on kellymom.

Kapalua

She's getting two "meals" a day.  I'll add a "breakfast" at some point, but the mornings are crazy so I haven't yet.  She does munch on some Cheerios in the morning, though.