https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 22:37:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153853 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 19:44:11 +0000 travelgirl1 1153853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we added a third meal at nine months. I give milk around the same time, but started offering water with the meal at nine months. We don't do snacks yet (eleven months). I've tried, she's not interested unless it's boob :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153663 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:38:05 +0000 Penny Lane 1153663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 or 10 months. we added breakfast last. it was around then that I started just giving milk after he had eaten, or just before naps (we do the 2, 3, 4 nap routine too) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153639 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:25:04 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1153639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9/10 months. Now, he is 12m and liquids do not fill him up whatsoever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153533 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:05:39 +0000 yin 1153533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 9 months, but it was under our pediatrician's advice since LO wasn't a fan of solids. Milk was offered before meals, and he would practice droning water in a cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153514 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:56:00 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1153514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby Brother is the same age and we're on one sometimes two solid meals a day- so dinner and sometimes breakfast. (BTW he put himself on a 3-2-4 schedule). I think with Little Boy we didn't get to 3 meals until 10 months or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153501 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:50:03 +0000 immabeetoo 1153501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't until he seemed hungry 3x a day maybe at 8.5 months? I nurse then do meals about 2 hours later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153434 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:23:08 +0000 Adira 1153434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: haha, that's too funny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153430 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:21:13 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1153430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: ha. Our 2,3,4 has turned into a 2,3,1,2 for today. When I didn't knowthere was a name for it I didn't care, but now I tried to keep him up because of the schedule. I almost wish I didn't know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153336 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:40:44 +0000 dagret 1153336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: L is almost 9 months old. I think i started offering solids 3x/day around 7-7.5 months. </p> <p>He gets an afternoon snack too. Saturday through Monday he gets a morning snack, if he's cranky after offering more BM! </p> <p>He gets breastmilk first, then solids about an hour later. We offer him a straw sippy with water at every meal but breakfast. (not sure why, but that's what we do.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153219 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:44:53 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1153219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started three meals plus snacks at eight months. I feel like I spend my entire day feeding her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153208 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:43:15 +0000 autumnlove 1153208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 10 months when we started 3x a day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153153 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:26:10 +0000 swurlygurl 1153153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: It seems like it should be so easy, but it's one of my most dreaded parenting tasks. I just wish she had all her teeth so she could eat better :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153150 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:25:01 +0000 swurlygurl 1153150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD's Dr. said that she wanted her on 3 'meals' at 9 months. Not necessarily for the volume of food, but for the practice of eating 3x a day so at a year she's able to eat more. For the life of me I couldn't figure out how to find time to do that, but then I asked daycare if they would do breakfast and lunch, and they said yes! Magic to my ears :)</p> <p>On the weekends: For breakfast, right after she wakes up I feed her 3 ice cubes of purees then give her the first bottle. Lunch is 2-3 ice cubes after her nap (down to 1 nap), so she's eating that around 2 - 2:30. Dinner is when we're eating (5:30 - 6:00ish) and she eats 5 ice cubes. I've just started adding some small solids to the mix for her to play with after she finishes the purees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153147 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:24:14 +0000 Adira 1153147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: Not only does everything need a name, but often they need an acronym to make life REALLY confusing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153144 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:23:04 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1153144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: sometimes I wonder why everything needs a name. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153133 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:19:25 +0000 Adira 1153133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: Oh, EASY is a routine - Eat, Activity, Sleep, You. So if I was going to do three meals a day, when Xander woke up for the day, I'd nurse/give him a bottle, then do a little activity, then solids, then more activity depending on timing, and then put him down for a nap. And do that three times probably.</p> <p>I've heard of 2-3-4 - I WISH Xander was on that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153077 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:07:43 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1153077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I don't know what easy is, and I just found out last night that the schedule he put himself on is called 2,3,4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153074 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:07:32 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1153074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: hmm, I THINK I did three solids around 6-7 months but I honestly can't remember!</p> <p>We introduced BLW around 6 months, though. We did fruit and cereal for bfast, veggies for lunch &amp; BLW for dinner. We definitely had three solid meals before 12 months, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153061 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:04:53 +0000 Smurfette 1153061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 7 months and we do three meals starting last Friday. She gets a bottle at home when she wakes up, breakfast when we get to day care. Then after her noon bottle, she gets a serving of veggies. Then when we get home she usually gets a fruit and then we nurse right before bed.</p> <p>Edit: Her pedi wants her on three meals and 4 bottles by 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153056 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:04:23 +0000 Adira 1153056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: I'll only be able to do three if Xander has two at daycare (breakfast and lunch) and then is AWAKE enough for dinner! Hopefully by the time I'm at 3 meals, he'll drop to 2 naps and it will be easier!</p> <p>Is your LO on a schedule or do you follow the EASY routine at all? If you do EASY, can you slip in solids somewhere in there? Xander takes 3 naps a day currently, so I could do solids shortly after eating and before his next nap or bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153038 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:00:30 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1153038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: we missed solids completely this weekend because of teeth. We're usually consistent for two meals, but I can't see how to fit in three. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153034 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:59:15 +0000 Adira 1153034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: Not to worry! I didn't take offense. :) And I know Xander's a little behind in the solids department compared to other babies his age. He's just not overly interested and doesn't seem to care when we miss a meal, so he won't be at three for a while!</p> <p>@hilsy85: @petunia354: I suspect Xander will be more like your babies and not get three means until 9/10 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153030 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:58:21 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1153030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: @Mrs. Polish: I should also add that I'm inconsistent too, so def not getting 3 meals everyday, but on most days he's getting 2 meals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153029 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:58:07 +0000 dolphin 1153029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO started getting 3 meals around 9 months. She doesn't always finish her third meal though. She drinks water from a straw cup with her meals. She gets milk an hour or 1.5 hr before her solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153018 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:55:38 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1153018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: oops, just saw that you said "also"...I didn't mean for that to sound snarky if it did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153015 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:55:28 +0000 petunia354 1153015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are 9.5 months and he gets lunch &amp; dinner. I should add breakfast but I'm lazy so I'll have to have my mom do it when he gets to her house every morning. He drinks water with his meals, not milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153012 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:54:43 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1153012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: my lo and @Mrs. High Heels: are the same age as your lo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153008 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:54:05 +0000 hilsy85 1153008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 9 months to do 3 meals, but I would say it wasn't consistent til 10 months. I always nursed around an hour before offering food. If he's finishing the meals you give him, you can try giving him more food! Babies are pretty good about knowing when they're full/when they want more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1153000 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:53:01 +0000 Adira 1153000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm interested in this too! Although Xander's also 7.5 months and he barely gets one meal a day, so I don't expect him to get three meals for a while! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/three-solid-meals-a-day#post-1152997 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:52:25 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1152997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's starting to eat 3 meals now. He drinks milk first, then solids about 1-1.5 hrs later with a straw cup filled with water. He hasn't figured out how to drink from it yet though! </p>