https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:29:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids/page/2#post-949915 Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:04:00 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 949915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MerryC: it's really ok! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids/page/2#post-949898 Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:56:15 +0000 twinmama 949898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids are just now starting to really want their three meals now at a year. They get punchy around our typical meal times if we're not on the ball ;)</p> <p>@Mrs. Jacks: That's such a relief to hear about your eldest, and that you were so ok with it! Ours were totally not into purees at all, and really much food at all until very recently. It's hard not to stress about it when everyone else's kids seem to eat so much more, but they're figuring it out on their own timetable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids/page/2#post-949761 Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:53:50 +0000 sarac 949761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7 or 8 months. Pretty early. I do not for a second believe 'solids before one are just for fun'. My daughter certainly could have survived on my breastmilk only until one, but that would have meant 8 hours of nursing a day instead of 6. Hell to the no. She was eating three (small) meals a day at 7 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids/page/2#post-949593 Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:25:29 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 949593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: ooh, is that schedule a thing? We do that (well, daycare does that :) ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-949205 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:04:18 +0000 sera_87 949205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I find that the "French" way of eating at 8, 12, 4 (snack), and around 8 (it's usually 7ish around our parts though) works well. </p> <p>(Of course, ideally he wakes up at 8, &amp; naps 10-12, and again 2-4, with bed 8-8:30, so the schedule works for us perfectly. I'm not sure it would if you had a different nap schedule) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-949202 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:59:56 +0000 sera_87 949202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 9-10 months, although we still don't do breakfast. That'll change when he goes to daycare next week though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-949194 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:51:01 +0000 HLK208 949194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 months is when she started to eat more at meal time and got upset without eating solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-949184 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:44:45 +0000 googly-eyes 949184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know..but I don't really skip much. I think I started being more serious about it at 8-8.5 months (started solids at 6 months) and I think only around 9-9.5 months did I start to feel like it was really missed if we skipped. Of course if she drinks more formula in a day, every now and then we miss a solids meal, but she really seems to want her solids these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-949172 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:29:19 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 949172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's 9.5 months now and really ambivalent about solids. He'll scarf a purée like nobody's business, but finger foods he'll toss on the ground unless its carbs. He used to be great about fruits and veggies, but not lately. We're doing 1 meal of purée, plus 2 meals of table food and maybe 1 snack. I try not to skip any, since he never eats much at any meal. "Food before 1 is for fun" keeps me sane some days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-948893 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 19:06:34 +0000 plantains 948893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 10.5 months she really started to not mess around with her food! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-948764 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:38:25 +0000 lemondrop 948764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was closer to a year. He happily would have nursed all of his meals up to that point and probably even longer. He started taking in more food around 10-11 months, but I still think it was more fun and trying new things than actually needing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-948728 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:23:58 +0000 winniebee 948728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Really around 7-8 months. He was very into solids and his appetite increased. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-923018 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:11:16 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 923018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 8.5m.<br /> He turns 9m this week and I just started noticed these last few days that, he will eat his bottle and have his food. It used to be either or, or I'd give a full bottle with a little food, or I'd give a little bottle with a full meal of food. Now? Now, he eats both.<br /> He gets 2-3 solid meals plus 3 full bottles. It used to be 2 meals 2 bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-923015 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:11:04 +0000 littlebittyhouse 923015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: yes - high chair for all snacks. I will offer a water cup throughout the day. on a particularly fussy day I will let him snack on the couch with an episode of thomas (something i said i would never do!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922997 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:09:14 +0000 bunnylove08 922997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922993 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:08:14 +0000 hilsy85 922993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: ah gotcha. I think I may try this in the longer stretch between lunch and dinner if he gets fussy. Do you do high chair for snacks as well?</p> <p>@highwire: @rawrasaur: @mrsjyw: yeah I think at that point LO wouldn't have cared much either! But I felt bad when I realized that I forgot to feed him lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922979 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:06:53 +0000 DillonLion 922979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We basically skipped dinner last night (7.5 months) because we tried carrots for the first time and she hated it. There were no adverse effects to her mood or sleep... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922956 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:02:54 +0000 runsyellowlites 922956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say 13-14 months. We didn't start solids until 9.5 months &amp; have done a slow progression of increasing solids &amp; decreasing nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922905 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:55:32 +0000 littlebittyhouse 922905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: he was getting fussy in the afternoon and when i offered water + snack he was happy as a clam! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922463 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:15:46 +0000 mrsjyw 922463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7.5 mths...we sometimes skip lunch or a snack. But don't think he could go wo banana for bfast and his dinner!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922360 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:45:59 +0000 hilsy85 922360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: the only snacks I've really tried have been puffs, or a cheese stick...and I don't think he woudl ever turn any of that stuff down! But maybe that means he's really hungry? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922327 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:39:41 +0000 yin 922327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't actively offer meals until LO was 9 months old. Our pediatrician wanted us to encourage him to eat more food at that point. He wasn't interested in sitting down to eat a meal and would have probably lasted a few more months on just milk alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922310 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:36:41 +0000 rawrasaur 922310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 7 months, we regularly skip solid "meals". She doesn't seem to miss them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922308 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:35:37 +0000 regberadaisy 922308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: have you tried offering a snack? If he's teething he won't want the snack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-922301 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:34:28 +0000 hilsy85 922301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: that's exactly the confusion I have with it.<br /> @littlebittyhouse: what has made you realize that? I'm wondering if LO could use an afternoon snack as well, but not sure if I"m just thinking he's hungry when really he's fussy due to teething. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-921664 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:10:59 +0000 MrsF 921664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M is FF and she is still (9 months) not really interested in solids. She sort of plays with the food and puts some in her mouth and might swallow it or might not. It's frustrating cooking and offering and cleaning for not much eating. We're doing 2 "meals" but it's really hard for me to picture her getting many calories from meals by 1 year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-921657 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:08:20 +0000 yellowbird 921657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 9.5 months for us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-921633 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:02:31 +0000 immabeetoo 921633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Yeah I just realized we skipped on Sunday when we were driving home.. durr! I don't get the 'food before 1 is just for fun'- at least not if you plan to wean, or start weaning, around 1 they'd better be eating something else, right! I'd be curious to see FF vs EBF &amp; how it played out. All 3 of my nieces were FF and my family is very confused that my son is pretty ambivalent about eating. One of my nieces allegedly just stopped all or most formula once she got "real food" - she was MSPI so I guess her formula was disgusting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-921629 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:00:59 +0000 littlebittyhouse 921629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say that at about 11mo I felt like I couldn't skip. Now at 12mo I am realizing that he needs a snack in the afternoon too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-feel-like-lo-needed-solids#post-921515 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:32:17 +0000 autumnlove 921515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: More often during the day and she also drank her bottles faster but didn't want more milk...just solids! </p>