How do I increase solids?

Re: How do I increase solids?

• skio member

  December 2011

  Don't do the solids at the same time as the bottles. I was told that solids meals should be given 1-2 hours after nursing/bottle. For example, we do:

  9am: Nurse

  10:30am: 4-6oz solids (oatmeal mixed with fruit puree and cottage cheese or yogurt)

  1pm: Nurse

  2:30pm: Baby food pouch (4.2oz) plus some puffs/melts

  5pm: Nurse

  6:30pm: 4-6oz solids (two-veggie puree mix plus cut up chicken or turkey)

  8pm: Nurse
  

   

  

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• IrishEyes0530 member

  December 2011

  Maybe increase the 4oz bottles to 5. Unlike PP, our pedi said we CAN give solids with a bottle. Do what works best for your LO. IMO, it doesn't seem like LO is getting enough oz from bottles. DS gets 3 "meals" a day but still averages around 30-32oz a day. Based on your schedule, your LO is only getting around 26. I'd definitely up the bottles before the solids, that's where their main nutrition comes from.
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Mrs.Purdue

  December 2011

  We're on your same 3-hour schedule from 7a to 7p, and we do the solids halfway between 2 bottles, so:

  7am - 7 oz bottle

  8:30am - 1 container solids

  10am - 7 oz bottle

  1p - 7 oz bottle

  4p - 7 oz bottle

  5:30p - 1 container solids

  7p - 6 (or 7) oz bottle
  

    
  

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• oandmplus1 member

  December 2011

  I am having the same problem. DD gets her solids before bottles though at daycare (that's what they have always done and it seems to be working for her so I haven't messed with it). She was taking 5 - 5-6 oz bottles a day (typically 26 - 28 oz), and I have been trying to transition her to 4 - 7 oz bottles per day, but she still needs a few extra ounces at the end of the day (so she is taking about 30 - 32 oz now).

  Up until this point though she is only taking 5-6 oz of solids (purees and cereal) spread over 3 meals a day. My Pedi had told he from 6 months on, formula intake will be pretty consistent.

  Like you, I keep wondering whether I should be increasing her solids instead of bottles - so I sent an extra fruit and veggie purees for her breakfast and lunch today to see how she does (an ounce extra each).

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• Piper345 member

  December 2011

  DS will be 7 months next week and we just started with solids at 6 months. My pedi says that babies 6 months and old should not have more than 4 bottles a day. So after his 6 month appt we cut out a bottle and upped the ounces in the remaining four. He also has solids 2xday.1 tbsp oatmeal with 2.5 oz fruit in the, and 2.5 oz veggie in the PM.

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