Do you feed bottle and food at the same time?

KittyFX

Since we started solids we would feed DS his bottle then wait 20-30 min and feed him his food. Is this necessary?

MrsBeckO

We space ours about an hour apart in the morning. We just do it so that we can be sure she fills up on breastmilk first, then we let it settle a bit and top her off with solids. In the evening though, she gets her solids dinner at 6 every night -- sometimes its right after nursing, sometimes its almost time for her next nursing. We like to keep the evenings all the same though.. so dinner at 6 then bath and the rest of her nighttime routine.

libbyann

Is he still hungry after he eats his bottle? We always have done nursing separate from solids because after he has a bottle or nursed he's not hungry for any food for a good hour or two. When he was your DS's age, our schedule went something like this:

6:00am - Wake up, nurse
7:30am - Breakfast
9:00am - Nurse, nap
11:00am - Nurse
12:00pm - Lunch
2:00pm - Nurse, nap
4:00pm - Nurse
5:30pm - Dinner
7:30pm - Nurse, bed

FeistyFille

They get a bottle every 4 hours or so.  I try to feed them right between 2 of the bottle sessions.  No rhyme or reason, but if I try to feed solids too closely after a bottle, they're not very interested and it gets frustrating.  And messy.

NoVA-grl

When we first started solids I would nurse C right before so he didn't get frantic.  However, now I just nurse him 4 times per day (when he wakes up, before am nap, before pm nap, and bedtime).