Question About Solids at Daycare

UnexpectedlyExpected · June 2013

Daycare wants to know when and how much baby food to give DD. Her pedi said that she should be having 3-4 jars a day. The problem is that I don't know if I should decrease her bottle by an ounce and add the solids for her to eat after she finishes each bottle or do something else. I?m not sure what other times DC would be able to give her the solids.

Anyone have any suggestions?

minervacullen · June 2013

Ounces of bm or formula should not decrease and food needs to come after. I also think that's an awful lot of food for LO.

UnexpectedlyExpected · June 2013

minervacullen:
Ounces of bm or formula should not decrease and food needs to come after. I also think that's an awful lot of food for LO.

Yea, I must say I thought 4 jars a day was a lot on top of breast milk. I know that her milk shouldn't decrease but was thinking that may be the only way for my tiny princess to get in all that food.

Thanks for your response.

kjsmith9 · June 2013

Wow that's a lot! We aren't doing jar food, and I'm lucky if DD actually swallows anything we give her to try at dinner time (although I do think we're getting closer haha)... Breast milk has more calories/nutrients than food has - I wonder why your pedi wants her to be eating that much? How many bottles (and oz) is she eating at daycare? If I take food for her, I ask them to offer it 30-60 min after a bottle. Maybe you could do one jar in the morning and one or two at night? Then daycare would only have to worry about one or two jars...

If she isn't able to eat that much, though, I honestly wouldn't worry about it.

LittleFish1 · June 2013

So I will admit to not having an answer based on any personal experience, however my pedi and the HMO she is part of are pretty reliable and good at sinplifying out the info into easily managed, timely chunks. Hopefully this will work to copy and paste the address. Once there, they have a download to print, page 2 has a good summary for each age range and mentions quantities.
https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/newsletters/healthybabies/newsletters/06/index.jsp?tcmuri=tcm:28-5278

rjeller32 · June 2013

3-4 jars is cray cray. Solids aren't a necessity as of this age for their nutritional value. They really shouldn't be losing any BM/Formula intake, maybe a few ounces, but not a lot. Once a day, with 1-2 tablespoons is more than enough. I found it easiest to do it at home, and not even bother the daycare with it. I wanted to make sure she wasn't eating anything I didn't know about, until she was old enough to start eating more.

You should feed them solids about an hour after a feeding, so they aren't replacing a bottle with it, and they don't overfill themselves of it.

UnexpectedlyExpected · June 2013

I talked with the DCP this morning and we all agree that 3-4 jars a day seems like quite a bit. DD currently takes three 5.5oz bottles at daycare so we're going to add 1/2 jar 30 minutes after she's finished her 2nd bottle.

Thanks everyone.

peacelove&mama · June 2013

3 to 4 jars a day is a ridiculous amount of food for a 6 month old. Are you sure you heard your pedi right?

UnexpectedlyExpected · June 2013

peacelove&mama:
3 to 4 jars a day is a ridiculous amount of food for a 6 month old. Are you sure you heard your pedi right?

Yep, my hearing is just fine. It was written in her visit summary. Her after visit instructions were listed as follows:

" Start stage 2 fruits and veggies - 3 to 4 jars a day."
"Veggie Puffs and Cheerios are ok"
"Nursery or tap water 4-6 oz a day in straw cup"
"At 8 months start meat and table foods"

peacelove&mama · June 2013

UnexpectedlyExpected:
peacelove&mama:
3 to 4 jars a day is a ridiculous amount of food for a 6 month old. Are you sure you heard your pedi right?
 Yep, my hearing is just fine. It was written in her visit summary. Her after visit instructions were listed as follows:
" Start stage 2 fruits and veggies - 3 to 4 jars a day."
"Veggie Puffs and Cheerios are ok"
"Nursery or tap water 4-6 oz a day in straw cup"
"At 8 months start meat and table foods"

I wasn't trying to be rude, but that is way too much food for a 6 month old and it blows my mind that a pedi would recommend that much food daily. I've never heard of a 6 month old eating that much. DS1 was a very big baby, with a very big appetite and even he didn't eat that much at this age. At any rate, in answer to your question, you don't replace and formula/breast milk with solids, they are given in addition, a while after they have drank. Up until a year, babies primary source of nutrition should come from a bottle or breast.

holyjunk · June 2013

That's way too much baby food!!

That also seems like an excessive amount of water for our babies. I was under the impression that they shouldn't be drinking it yet?

I'd be getting a new pedi.

UnexpectedlyExpected · June 2013

peacelove&mama:
UnexpectedlyExpected:
peacelove&mama:
3 to 4 jars a day is a ridiculous amount of food for a 6 month old. Are you sure you heard your pedi right?
Yep, my hearing is just fine. It was written in her visit summary. Her after visit instructions were listed as follows:
" Start stage 2 fruits and veggies - 3 to 4 jars a day."
"Veggie Puffs and Cheerios are ok"
"Nursery or tap water 4-6 oz a day in straw cup"
"At 8 months start meat and table foods"
I wasn't trying to be rude, but that is way too much food for a 6 month old and it blows my mind that a pedi would recommend that much food daily. I've never heard of a 6 month old eating that much. DS1 was a very big baby, with a very big appetite and even he didn't eat that much at this age. At any rate, in answer to your question, you don't replace and formula/breast milk with solids, they are given in addition, a while after they have drank. Up until a year, babies primary source of nutrition should come from a bottle or breast.

I apologize, I knew you weren't trying to be rude and I didn't intend to come off snarky. Thanks so much for taking time to respond.

MrsT1108 · June 2013

I can't. I, just can't.

StefandTodd · June 2013

holyjunk:
That's way too much baby food!! That also seems like an excessive amount of water for our babies. I was under the impression that they shouldn't be drinking it yet? I'd be getting a new pedi.

Babies can have water starting at 6 months. Although, I agree that 4-6 oz sounds like a lot. But I've always offered a sippy of water that I help them sip from a bit with meals (we BLW).

RissKay · June 2013

I'm sorry, but I completely would not be sticking with this pediatrician. 46 jars of baby food a DAY? At this age, eating food is just for fun and to learn the tastes and textures of table foods, possibly substitute a few calories should your baby need it by either being a very big baby or being underweight but by no means should they be forced to eat that much. A sippy cup with a straw? Seriously? How many of you have 6 month olds who are actually drinking out of a straw!?!? I'm not attacking you, OP, I'm just completely baffled by your pedi. The information given seems to be completely outdated.

UnexpectedlyExpected · June 2013

RissKay:
I'm sorry, but I completely would not be sticking with this pediatrician. 46 jars of baby food a DAY? At this age, eating food is just for fun and to learn the tastes and textures of table foods, possibly substitute a few calories should your baby need it by either being a very big baby or being underweight but by no means should they be forced to eat that much. A sippy cup with a straw? Seriously? How many of you have 6 month olds who are actually drinking out of a straw!?!? I'm not attacking you, OP, I'm just completely baffled by your pedi. The information given seems to be completely outdated.

Thanks for the feedback. In my pedi's defense she only typed in the sippy cup with a straw because my daughter has been drinking from a straw since she was 4 months old.

minervacullen · June 2013

UnexpectedlyExpected:
RissKay:
 I'm sorry, but I completely would not be sticking with this pediatrician. 46 jars of baby food a DAY? At this age, eating food is just for fun and to learn the tastes and textures of table foods, possibly substitute a few calories should your baby need it by either being a very big baby or being underweight but by no means should they be forced to eat that much.

A sippy cup with a straw? Seriously? How many of you have 6 month olds who are actually drinking out of a straw!?!?

I'm not attacking you, OP, I'm just completely baffled by your pedi. The information given seems to be completely outdated.
 Thanks for the feedback. In my pedi's defense she only typed in the sippy cup with a straw because my daughter has been drinking from a straw since she was 4 months old.

DD has a sippy with a straw that she knows how to use. I think she prefers it to her nuk one because she doesn't have to tilt it.

chancesmami · June 2013

Our LO drinks 26-30 ounces of formula and eats 3-4 containers of food a day...has been since four months. We just got the green light to start meats, he devoured the chicken last night. He has always had difficulty gaining weight (5th-10th percentile for weight and 70th percentile for height), hence why we started solids so soon per pedis recommendations. We were told to let him eat as much solids as he would like.

Our daycare offers him a container of food prior to each bottle, has never been a problem for him to eat and drink everything offered.

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