Solid Feeding and dinner ?

Bklynnj0118 · October 2009

This may be a silly question so forgive me.

My LO is eating solids now and my dr. said to go ahead and do 3 meals a day. Right now he gets a fruit/cereal in the morning and a veggie/cereal in the afternoon at around 4pm each with his bottles. My Dr. also said that the meals should be when we eat as it is good for social interaction. I don't get home till 5pm so typically daycare gives him the afternoon solids. We don't eat dinner till 6 and he is in bed by 7pm. Therefore, my question is how do you break it up with your work schedule? Should I feed him solids at 6 and let daycare give him his regular bottle at 4pm? I also would really like to be able to give him dinner as I am unable to do breakfast since I have to leave so early.

EastCoastBride · October 2009

Our approximate schedule:

6:30 - solids followed by 6 oz.

9/ 9:30 - 6 oz bottle

12 ish - lunch

3 ish - 6 oz bottle

6ish - dinner followed by 6 oz

bed by 6:30/ 7.

Caveat- we have a VERY minimal bedtime "routine". As soon as he's tired, I take him up, change him, sometimes read a book, then in his crib he goes. It takes all of about 15 mins at most. He just stopped wanting to be rocked and just fights being ni our arms. So, bedtime is very simple and it's not a big deal to do dinner less than an hour before bed.

azuremama · October 2009

I would do more of a typical schedule: have daycare do breakfast and lunch, and then you do the solids with dinner. It's fun to do (for a while at least) and I don't think eating that close to bed would be a problem for him. I'd keep having daycare give him his bottles when he usually gets them. That's still the main source of nutrition for a while. Our schedule was similar to yours and it seemed to work out fine.

Bklynnj0118 · October 2009

Great, thank you so much! I really want him to be able to eat with us for the interaction and for me to have one more thing with him to do. Daddy feeds him in the mornings since I have to leave earlier to get home earlier. I didn't know if giving him a bottle at 4pm and then solids at 6 would confuse him or even make him sick. He gets a bottle at 7 before bed. I should have added that initially too which is another reason for my concern.

azuremama · October 2009

He'll probably be fine! You may find that he either doesn't eat too many solids, or doesn't want as much of the bottle at 7, but I'd try it and then you can make adjustments from there.

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