https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:09:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-650413 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:55:56 +0000 2PeasinaPod 650413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started DS on solids just after 5 months. We're looking to squeeze another solid feeding in the morning, but right now, his day looks like this:</p> <p>7:30am - 8oz Formula<br /> 11:30am - 8oz Formula<br /> 3:30pm - 8oz Formula<br /> 5:30/6:00pm - 2 Tblsp Cereal mixed with 1/2 jar or container of veggies<br /> 8:30pm - 8oz Formula to bed</p> <p>I think we'd like to get some cereal/fruit in between the 7:30 and 11:30 bottles and start reducing how much he's taking then. He'll be 6 months in a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-650389 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:49:13 +0000 Giraffe 650389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Subscribing to this because I feel like we are still totally haphazard about it and LO is almost 8 months - it is so helpful to read everyone's schedules! But what I came in here to say was, don't get discouraged if your LO is not super interested right away. When we started solids at 6 months, my LO was just not into it and would just take a little nibble here and there. It's only in the past week and a half or so that he's really been excited about his food and has started eating more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-650298 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:22:43 +0000 Mrsbells 650298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started with veggie purees and I offered it in the evenings. Then I started sending it in to daycare for breakfast too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-650277 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:09:42 +0000 yoursilverlining 650277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the morning, we give LO a bottle first and then some purees. When we first started, it was only a little and we would wait a couple days before introducing new foods. We never did rice cereal, but do give her fruit and oatmeal.</p> <p>In the pm, she would have a bottle around 4pm at daycare, and then we would give her more purees around 6pm when we got home from work. Then bath, and a bottle and bed. </p> <p>During the day, daycare does a morning snack, lunch and afternoon snack and they would give her whatever purees we sent her with, and helped transition her to puffs/regular cereal like Cheerios.</p> <p>I like this schedule because I always knew she was getting enough milk; since they don’t eat that much for a while. </p> <p>My LO wasn’t a big fan of purees (she’s a control freak so she doesn’t like being fed, lol) so we moved to soft chunks she could work at feeding herself pretty early on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-650226 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:49:57 +0000 buffalove 650226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's what our schedule looked like when we started solids</p> <p>7am: 6oz bottle<br /> 8:30am: food (rice cereal)<br /> 10am: 4oz bottle<br /> 1pm: 6oz bottle<br /> 4pm: 4oz bottle<br /> 5:30pm: food<br /> 8pm: 6oz bottle</p> <p>I started with 2Tbsp rice cereal in the morning only for the first two weeks. Then I added 1 jar of Stage 1 Gerber per day, cycling through the fruits &amp; veggies (feeding the same one for 4 days). So we'd give cereal and fruit or veggie in the morning and the remainder of the fruit/veggie at dinner. Sometimes he ate it all, sometimes he didn't. It was more experimental and fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-650117 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:12:20 +0000 purrpletulips 650117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started DS around 5 1/2m. At first we did cereal with his first bottle of the day (at the sitter's house) then after about a week added cereal with his third bottle of the day. Now his approximate schedule is:</p> <p>6AM: nurse<br /> 9AM: cereal, fruit or veggie, 3-4oz BM<br /> 12PM: 5-6 oz BM<br /> 4PM: cereal, fruit or veggie, 3-4oz BM<br /> 6:30PM (or when we eat: 2 of either cereal, fruit, or veggie<br /> 7:30PM(bedtime): nurse<br /> 10PM: nurse<br /> 1AM: nurse </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-650079 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:03:25 +0000 yellowbird 650079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO started a couple of weeks ago at 6 mo ths. Right now she's still on 1 meal a day. She has oatmeal and fruit in the morning. We usually send it to daycare. The oatmeal is mixed with breastmilk. She usually eats 2-3oz oatmeal and 1-2 fruit mixed in.</p> <p>She's a hungry baby though. Your LO may not eat as much. I was shocked she eats as much as she does! We'll probably add in another meal a day in a week or two. Probably a fruit or veggie purée around lunch time.</p> <p>LO doesn't eat as well on the evening because she's super tired. She just wants to nurse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-650069 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:59:02 +0000 MsLipGloss 650069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>*bump* :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-649176 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:52:27 +0000 mediagirl 649176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started her with her first puree at 6 months or so. I would breastfeed her when I got home from work and then between 10-30 minutes later, feed her the puree. It just depended on when she was hungry for milk and when dinnertime was (we eat at 5:30). It was stressful at first trying to figure out all the timing logistics but it got easier as we got more into it.</p> <p>We added "lunch" at about 7.5 months and breakfast shortly thereafter. Avocado is a fun one to offer, just mash it up really well and offer it to her on the spoon. Solids really are fun and get more fun as they get older! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-649169 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:51:14 +0000 LuLu Mom 649169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started with rice (mixed with formula) and made it very runny and slowly started to thicken it up. We did this for about 2 weeks for her to get the feel for the spoon. Then we started to introduce 1 veggie/fruit every 3-4 days so we knew if she was allergic to something. I also added cereal to the veggie/fruit to give her the extra calories (she needed them.) We do just rice before her mid morning bottle and then we do fruit/veggie in the evening before her evening bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-649166 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:50:16 +0000 MsLipGloss 649166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: I started a little cereal about a week ago, and I just added in apple puree last night. I will definitely stick with the apples for a few days! And yeah, it really is fun - she seems to really enjoy it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-649154 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:45:16 +0000 travelgirl1 649154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't started yet but I went to a workshop with a pediatric nutritionist the other week and they said to wait 3to 4 days before introducing a new food so that any reactions are easy to spot and you can be sure which food was the culprit. Have fun, bet it's so exciting introducing LO to solids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-introduce-purees-cereals-and-other-solids#post-649137 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:39:34 +0000 MsLipGloss 649137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 6.5 months, and we are starting cereal and purees. I am a little confused at how to time all of this out . . . at what times of the day to serve the solids? This morning, I gave LO some cereal (about 1/2 tbsp w/ formula) about a half hour after she BF. I plan to do that same tonight, only with an apple puree? Is that not enough, too much? Should I do both a starch and fruit/veggie? </p>