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Starting solids and daycare

Newlywedbliss611Newlywedbliss611 member
in October 2015 Moms
My DD is almost 6 months old, so we're going to start solids soon.  She's in daycare 4 days a week and I'm worrying about the logistics of them giving her food. How often did you give them solids every day and for how many days did you stay on the same food? Can anyone walk me through what they did for daycare? Thanks! 
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Re: Starting solids and daycare

  • kdoak2015kdoak2015 member
    Food before one is only for fun, id skip the food at daycare and just give her food in the am and with dinner. 
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  • meganraschkemeganraschke member
    edited April 2016
    I agree with PP that's what I'm doing, but mostly because I just don't want to miss out on any thing. I see the girls at our daycare giving babies solids, just the same as bottles. If you want daycare feeding LO I'd say just bring instructions and food and go for it. 
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  • sarahsfamurrisarahsfamurri member
    Ditto to both PP! I'm saving feeding for dinners because I want to see his reaction, both possible allergic and just for fun! My plan is to send bottles until he's consuming solids as a more substantial source of food rather than just testing the waters. 
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  • Newlywedbliss611Newlywedbliss611 member
    @sarahsfamurri - are you feeding solids only at dinner or breakfast and dinner? Are weekend different than during the week? 
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  • amwright33amwright33 member
    I started out with a tbsp of rice cereal ( some people skip to veggies/fruit) for dinner. Then when I knew her digestive tract could handle it, I moved to a tbsp of sweet peas waited three days and then tried something else. She eats 2 Tbsp now for dinner. I'm starting a tbsp at breakfast today. That was recommended by my pediatrician. 

    I don't know about daycare though.
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  • ashwiseashwise member
    So my lo took really well to solids. We started at a little after 4 mo because she was more than ready according to our pedi.  We do solids for breakfast and lunch at daycare and she still gets breast milk for 3 bottles during the day at daycare then on demand in the evenings and at night.  We liked the breakfast and lunch routine because that allows me to nurse her during the evenings.  She takes an entire jar of baby food usually for breakfast and then a 1/2 jar for lunch usually.  I bring in the jars for the daycare and have them labeled with breakfast and lunch and they give them to her.  I have her try everything with me first before sending it to day care so I can watch out for reactions.  On the weekends we stick to the same routine as daycare 
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  • journeygirl3journeygirl3 member
    My 6 month old started solids 2 weeks ago & goes to daycare 2x week. For now on those days we give her solids before she goes, and then when she's home at dinnertime. Only bottles during the day. I'm sure we'll start doing solids at daycare eventually. 
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