At meals which do you give first- bottle or solids?

j9lovey · March 2010

Just wondering. In the morn- I give him a bottle first but for lunch and dinner I give the solids first. I was thinking about switching it up and giving him the bottle first and then an hour or so later giving him some solids. What works for you?

sprice88 · March 2010

I usually give her some of the solids first but give her the bottle in between bites. Otherwise- she fills up on the solids and won't take the bottle.

Traycee1242 · March 2010

We're EBF so I always nurse first, then offer a solid meal 30min to 1 hour after he nurses.

I think it should be the same with formula? My pedi said that solids should never replace a nursing session/bottle for the first year. It should only compliment it. Always offer BM/Bottle first.

Mrs.DeliaMarieP · March 2010

We do solids about an hour after his first bottle/nursing

and about 1.5 hours before his last nursing

Heather577 · March 2010

I give a bottle first, since it is terribly difficult to get her to finish a bottle as it is.

kiwi443 · March 2010

bottle first and solids a 1/2 hour later

cjsbdl · March 2010

This is what I do. I also give a sippy cup with water with his solids, although he never drinks much of it. ETA: sorry, I meant quote traycee.

NewFamily09 · March 2010

always solids first. The only time I gave a little bottle first was when he first started eating solids because a little formula would make him not so starving, so he'd be in a better mood to eat from a spoon.

one_more_girl · March 2010

We give solids and bottles at seperate meal times. She'll have yogurt first thing for breakfast then drink 2-4 oz before her morning nap. Then she has one more 4 oz bottle a few hours after that then she'll eat some fruit and puffs for lunch then another bottle inbetween lunch and dinner and then veggies for dinner and another bottle before bed. I am beginning to think this is a ridiculous way of feeding though. Should they be eating less times a day now? This post is making me think we are doing this wrong!

sophabelle · March 2010

Traycee1242:
We're EBF so I always nurse first, then offer a solid meal 30min to 1 hour after he nurses.

I think it should be the same with formula? My pedi said that solids should never replace a nursing session/bottle for the first year. It should only compliment it. Always offer BM/Bottle first.

this.

kays718 · March 2010

one_more_girl:
We give solids and bottles at seperate meal times. She'll have yogurt first thing for breakfast then drink 2-4 oz before her morning nap. Then she has one more 4 oz bottle a few hours after that then she'll eat some fruit and puffs for lunch then another bottle inbetween lunch and dinner and then veggies for dinner and another bottle before bed.

This is what we do.

deeanneharris · March 2010

She always gets solids at least an hour after the bottle. I want to make sure she gets the formula she needs still.

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