https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:51:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406239 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:09:32 +0000 mfa_lady 2406239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got up to 3 meals pretty fast. But DD has a crazy metabolism and eats a ton! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406238 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:09:06 +0000 Kemma 2406238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If LO was awake during a mealtime then s/he ate with us. We did mainly BLW so it was usually just small amounts of table food and although I offered purees / spoon foods I didn't push them and wasn't concerned over the amount eaten. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406210 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 18:41:33 +0000 Cherrybee 2406210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started with breakfast but E was never really that into eating. I introduced meals gradually but that often meant warming it, only for it to be refused. Even now, at 2.5, she mostly refuses food at home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406196 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 18:07:47 +0000 blackbird 2406196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've ramped up fast. My son has a ridiculous appetite. We did just one 4 oz container a day for a couple weeks and then started sending one for lunch, too. By 6 months, he was eating one at lunch and two at dinner. He's now 7.5 months old and we just started adding a breakfast. So he gets 4 oz at breakfast and lunch and 8 oz at dinner. Plus all his bottles. And he's a skinny dude at 30% still! It's obvious when he wants food-actively reaches and flaps and squeals for it and opens his mouth. So I basically give him as much as he wants. My daughter was MUCH slower to eat. Plus he started crawling and pulling up within the last 2 weeks, so I think the big increase in food makes sense for his activity. Also, if he doesn't eat, he wakes up a BUNCH at night to nurse. When he eats, he wakes up once still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406132 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:45:58 +0000 QBbride 2406132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did BLW and eased into it. I gave one "meal" (and sometimes none) for a long time. I didn't do 3 "meals" until 9+ months and I never gave snacks. I would nurse if he seemed hungry between meals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406130 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:44:11 +0000 Corduroy 2406130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With LO1 I had a plan. We've been winging it with LO2. We started just shy of 6 months (when daycare accidentally fed him) and now at 6.5 months we're up to 3 meals a day, about 1.5 jars/tubs per meal. Hungry kid. He flips out whenever he sees us eating if he doesn't have something too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406112 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:21:02 +0000 Alivoo01 2406112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eased into it, but I try to give him solids at every dinner when we started. He took to it so yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406090 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:56:43 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2406090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD1 we introduced a meal a month. By right months she was eating three solid meals a day.<br /> DD2 jumped on solids and was up to three meals by day five. Girl packs it in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406084 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:50:19 +0000 travelgirl1 2406084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eased into it with DD, purées for about a week or two at dinner time, then BLW. I'm not sure when she started on regular meals as such, but I think by nine months she was having at least breakfast and dinner.</p> <p>We tried DS at just over five months because I was getting so much guilt tripping about how my milk wouldn't be enough for him at his size. He wasn't at all interested though so we have left it for now, my conscience clear :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406074 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:38:22 +0000 MrsF 2406074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We definitely eased in to it. Food before 1 is just for fun :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2406030 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:50:34 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2406030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started purées at 4 months and were very hit or miss with doing it every day until 6 months where we started trying to make sure we got at least 2 puree meals a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2405903 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:04:38 +0000 Finfan 2405903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did BLW for one meal a day at first, whichever meal was most convenient that day. She took to it pretty well and quite soon was eating at all 3 meal times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2405660 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:31:05 +0000 ineebee 2405660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 5 months, I gave puree once a day, just for practice. Then at 6 months, two meals. Around 7 months, I was at 3 meals. Now at 9 months, I'm at 3 meals and a snack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2405641 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:23:13 +0000 SweetCaroline 2405641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with lunch. We did that for a month and then added breakfast. I can't remember when we added dinner, but it was before adding breakfast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2405634 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:20:31 +0000 Banana330 2405634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we started at 5.5 months she didn't really eat much until about 6.5 almost 7 months. at that point we were on two meals a day. once she started actually eating more ( than just a few spponfuls in a meal) we added a third meal around 7 and a bit months. Now at 8.5 months shes three meals a day and eating a ton! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2405560 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:51:20 +0000 snowjewelz 2405560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD she's like your DS1; started puree 2 weeks before she turned 6 months, did two weeks of that, and moved onto BLW. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/once-you-started-solids#post-2405557 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:49:47 +0000 mrsjyw 2405557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>was it a regular part of your LO's food intake right away? Or did you gradually add "meals" in?</p> <p>With DS1, we started solids at 5.5 months; a combo of purees and small chunks and he pretty quickly moved from one "meal" to 3 in a matter of weeks while still nursing regularly.</p> <p>With DS2, we gave him a taste of purees last week at just shy of 5.5 months, but he's not super into it like his big bro. We'll give him a taste of puree or a piece of fruit to nosh on if he seems up for it, but for now we're just easing into introducing "meals," and making it a part of our routine. </p>