My LO is 6 and a half months and we are just starting solids. Right now we are just doing breakfast. I've been told you don't really need to do a second meal of solids until they are ready... but how do you know they are ready? She sleeps through the night sometimes and other times gets up to nurse around 3 am but then goes right back to bed. Thoughts?
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I think we added a second meal in a month or two after starting solids.
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Great topic! We are doing BLW, which means most of the food ends up on the floor. I'm curious about this ... We've been pretty laid back about offering solids, but I know we need to offer them so she learns how to eat!
What I do know: formula and/or breast milk should make up the bulk of the diet until 1, and then food can start to take over. And, if you're offering solids several times a day, it's best to do so after giving a bottle or breastfeeding (so that the baby is getting all the milk they want before filling up on food).
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We added a second meal (sporadically) about a month after he started to consistently eat one meal a day. He was 8 months when started introducing a second meal.
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Also curious about this. I can't remember when we started two meals with A...
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We did blw and started eating all 3 meals as a family around 7 months. There was almost always something we were eatong that we could let him eat/play with.
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We went to three meals from day 1.
But I wanted to tell you your thread made me laugh because I thought it was related to how I eat so much it's like one meal just blends into the next. Sorry, guess I have my mind on my fat tonight!!!
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I also started a second meal about 1-1.5 months after starting solids.
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We introduced solids when my LO was 6 months old and he was not interested at all until 10 months. So we just did one meal a day to get him to taste stuff until about 10 months, then added a second meal.
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Thanks ladies!! This was helpful! I think we'll give it a few weeks and then see how she does with dinner.
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We started a second meal around 9 months. The only reason we waited a little longer was due to food allergy related eczema and a household move. Otherwise we would have added it sooner. Adding in the 3rd meal at 10 months!
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Hm. I honestly don't remember but LO is in daycare and her teachers actually told us when they felt she wanted a second meal. So we started sending a second meal.
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