Solids. How much and when?

dmathis10

DS will be six months old tomorrow. We started solids almost two weeks ago. So far he has only had oatmeal cereal and squash because I introduce new foods on the weekend. This week, I started sending his solid to daycare so they could give it to him after his second bottle of the day. He takes 3 5oz bottles of BM at daycare and nurses 4 times each day, although he seems like he might cut out one of his MOTN feedings soon. I've only been giving him about 1oz of solids once a day, but he gets mad when its gone and seems to want more. How many oz of solids do you give your LO and how often? I'm wondering if we should do two meals a day? He's a good weight. At 4 months he weighed 16 lbs 12oz. I'm not sure what he is now.

lilsquirt75

my pedi said to give her as much as she is willing to eat 2-3 times a day, so that is what we are doing.  sometimes she will eat 3.5oz sometime only 1 oz...

dmathis10

kbruington:

We started 2 meals a day at 6 months and went up to 3 at 9 months per our pedi's recommendation. We also feed until he's full or turns his head now he throws the food!. My LO didn't decrease the amount of bottles he was drinking so we just kept feeding him. There aren't too many calories or nutrition in baby food so they can really eat a lot before it fills them up. If he acts like he wants more, I say feed him!

Thanks for the advice! Since DS goes to daycare, I guess I'll start sending the 2.5 oz of food for lunch and then offer something at home for dinner. I was concerned about overfeeding him, but that makes sense that it takes a lot to fill them up with food. And I know he'll still be getting the large majority of his calories from BM still. Thanks again!

dmathis10

lilsquirt75:

my pedi said to give her as much as she is willing to eat 23 times a day, so that is what we are doing.nbsp; sometimes she will eat 3.5oz sometime only 1 oz...

Thanks! DS hasn't had his 6 month appt yet, but I'll ask his pedi, too.