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Anyone's 5 mo old eating solids 3x a day?

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I find that a little solids before naps (about 1-2hrs after a bottle) helps him nap better/longer.  He is a big boy and was eating every 3hrs 8oz of formula (sleeps 12hrs at night).  Now he can eat 3 meals of solids a day plus 6-8oz every 4hrs.  So he's dropped a bottle.  But getting the same amount of formula if you include what I put in the cereal. 

 

 

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  • caitlet425caitlet425

    Hmmm...DS was wanting way to much formula, so we started on solids around 4.5 months. Once we did, his formula intake cut down A LOT. Our pedi said he didn't need anymore than 32 oz/day max. Now he gets 28-32 oz/day and 2 veggies (mid AM and mid afternoon or at dinner). He gets 2, 1.5-2 hours naps during the day, cat nap of 20-30 min in the evening, and sleeps 10-11 hours at night. Also, DS hated cereal, so we just switched to veggies after a week of cereal.

    Also, we give an 8 oz bottle about every 4-4.5 hours, he doesn't always drink all of it though.

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  • Ivana_StolichnayaIvana_Stolichnaya member
    No...we were doing solids only once a day and she got pretty backed up.  Now it's one solid every other day and then we'll get back into them in a week or two.
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  • AMYfromKYAMYfromKY member
    We're doing them twice a day for now
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  • IEtoLAIEtoLA member
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    We're doing them twice a day for now
      This.  She gets a fruit in the am and a veggie for dinner.  We are probably going to add a lunchtime veggie after her 6 month check-up.
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  • kimberlybaileykimberlybailey
    We are doing twice a day.  She gets either a fruit or veggie for lunch and oat cereal for dinner.  We were doing cereal for lunch and a fruit or veggie for dinner but my pedi suggested switching to help keep her belly fuller longer to help her sleep better at night.
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  • MsAlyssMsAlyss member
    We're only on day 3, but he's eating in the morning & again around dinner time.  If it were up to him he'd eat every 3 hours along with his bottle ;)
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  • mrs.n22mrs.n22

    How much are they eating when they eat solids?? A whole ounce???

    When your LO tried fruit, did you have a problem with him eating veggies?

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  • DoylesaDoylesa
    We just started giving LO solids 3x a day yesterday. He is really interested in food and loves to eat! And he's still eating six 6oz bottles a day.
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  • GingerCupcakeGingerCupcake
    DD eats twice per day. 3tbsp of cereal and some fruit in a food net at lunch and half a jar of veggies at dinner. She still BF's as often as before and would probably eat full jars of baby food if I let her!
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  • ZAngelZAngel member
    Our pedi wants us to be up to 4 times per day by 6 months.  By now we should be at 2 but DD was getting backed up so we decreased the amount.  I'm just going with my gut at the moment.  Once her system gets moving again we will move it up to 2 times a day.
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