https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:48:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2837055 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:52:57 +0000 cake2017 2837055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started solids late! Maybe 8-9 or after 9 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2837021 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:02:36 +0000 periwinklebee 2837021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonJack: Thank you!</p> <p>@Calibee: Thank you, great perspective! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836999 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:07:38 +0000 Calibee 2836999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter would occasionally graze from 6-12 mos. </p> <p>My son loves solids. LOVES them. I literally can’t believe how much this kid can eat. More than his sister! But even now at 12 months it does not appear to have impacted his breastmilk intake. He still nurses like a fiend. But man does he love his food. </p> <p>I say embrace the love of solids. It’s a lot easier having a baby that loves to eat than one who you worry over starving herself because she doesn’t seem to have any interest. </p> <p>All babies are different. Follow your baby’s lead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836950 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:47:13 +0000 LemonJack 2836950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my girls weren’t eating multiple times a day until close to 8-9 months, but we also did baby led weaning and they just weren’t super interested in solids until around that time.</p> <p>You could always send a small amount of puréed food at first, and up it as you go along. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836894 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:58:43 +0000 periwinklebee 2836894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit7: @Sams Mom: Good to know! The pediatrician said at LO's 4 month appointment that he was definitely actively teething, but nothing has popped through yet so I have no idea... will look for him to get more interested as teething progresses... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836883 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:38:04 +0000 Sams Mom 2836883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely agree with what @Littlebit7: said. My son was an early teether (4 at 4 months), and seemed to be more about food long before other kids his age that didn't have teeth yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836880 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:35:56 +0000 Littlebit7 2836880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: does your LO have any teeth yet? I found mine was more interested in finger foods one he started teething; I think gumming stuff helped with the discomfort. He just popped his first tooth two days ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836879 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:30:48 +0000 periwinklebee 2836879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: Hah, yes to being *that* mom. Lol, I try... My LO may well be overeating. In the past six weeks he went from the 30th to the 70th percentile in weight :shocked: but is 90th for height, and I figure better to overfeed than underfeed!</p> <p>@Littlebit7: That's awesome! Looking forward to when my LO warms up to finger foods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836876 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:27:22 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2836876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we started solids LO was given whole grain cereal twice a day. He was about 5 months when we started solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836874 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:24:00 +0000 MaryM 2836874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: I felt like we were WAY overfeeding my son! Of course the day after I asked my SIL (who has 10 kids) if I was doing it wrong, he dropped one night bottle. Thanks for making me look like *that* mom who overworries, kid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836872 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:21:27 +0000 Littlebit7 2836872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is totally a second kid move, but my 7 month old has just been eating whatever I have out. This morning was a kodiak cake pancake, raspberries, and yogurt mixed with prunes. He's a machine.<br /> I still watch for allergens and introduced stuff like PB and eggs separately. But he's a machine and will eat anything and everything i give him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836871 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:19:27 +0000 periwinklebee 2836871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jennlin821: Thank you! We should try a bit of water... and I would love it if LO dropped the night feed :silly: </p> <p>@Sams Mom: hah, this cracked me up!</p> <p>@snarkybiochemist: thank you, this is super helpful! And crazy to think that E will be a year old in a few months</p> <p>@Mrs. Toad: @DesertDreams88: @Jennibenni: @Mrsbells: @MaryM: Thank you! As a ftm it is so helpful to hear everyone's experiences! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836859 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:51:08 +0000 MaryM 2836859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And yesterday, we fed him three times. Because DH only gave him one T of oatmeal in the morning (when he usually has four!) and he woke up from a nap ravenous. By the end of the day, he caught up food wise, but was short on milk (so as I predicted, he woke up before midnight for his last bottle)</p> <p>I try to focus more on the full day of food/milk, not on individual snacks/meals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836858 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:49:31 +0000 MaryM 2836858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started sending oatmeal to daycare like a week after he started eating it at home? I sent just an ounce or two (because that's all he'd eat at dinner time) and they practically begged me to send more! He eats a TON more earlier in the day when he's more well rested. </p> <p>We started food at like 4 months 1 week. So by 4.5 he was having 4T of oatmeal (measured dry) at daycare, and then 1 or 2 at night with an ounce or two of fruit/veggie puree. </p> <p>I still send the normal amount of milk in bottles, and he still drinks most of it (sometimes he won't finish the bottle after his oatmeal, but it's made with 4oz of milk, so I'm not too concerned if he drinks 3 oz instead of all 7)</p> <p>At first I worried because it seemed like he was eating SO MUCH (32 oz of milk a day PLUS 6 or 7 oz in his oatmeal), but then he dropped a night bottle so it all evened out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836850 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:30:48 +0000 Mrsbells 2836850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: if he is getting his normal amount of breastmilk then its? fine to add morev solids in. The main problem is when people reduce the breastmilk to fit in more solids. Also I thr beginning they can't eat that solid food anyway so sending in a little somthing to ease the jealousy doesnt sound like it will affect how much breastmilk he consumes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836761 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:53:17 +0000 Jennibenni 2836761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO2 is almost nine months and we started with dinner only at six months, then he started having lunch at daycare a little after seven months. We still do two meals per day, just do not have time to do breakfast in the am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836759 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:51:16 +0000 DesertDreams88 2836759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did 1 meal a day at 5 months, 2 meals at 6 months, 3 meals at 7 months. When I posted a similar thread 2 years ago that was the response from most people, adding a meal each month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836756 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:48:16 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2836756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started solids at 5 months. Both kids took to it quickly and were on multiple meals within a few weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836755 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:47:58 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2836755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E started lunch at daycare around 6.5-7 months and breakfast just after 8 months. She is way into finger foods/table food and thus isn't eating vast quantities of food at a single setting. Her milk needs have not shifted beyond the initial shift to all daytime bottles. I waited until daycare told me that she was acting hungry and in the case of breakfast trying to steal food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836753 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:46:02 +0000 Sams Mom 2836753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: my kid was the big kid at daycare so the other babies close in age was trying to take his food... And my kid is like Joey from friends, he doesn't share his food 🤦🏼‍♀️ so they other moms had to start sending solids 🤣 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836751 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:44:12 +0000 jennlin821 2836751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, because we only did bottles before naps (solids when she woke up) we also introduced water during meal times.<br /> I would only put 1-2oz in her bottle, so that she would have something to drink with her meal. We only did this at home, not at daycare. (some people recommend putting the water in a sippy cup, so you can try that if you want.)</p> <p>And to your last comment, we started sleep training DD right around 6 mo too, and I think having the food and oatmeal for dinner, then a bottle for bed really helped her stay asleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836749 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:41:07 +0000 periwinklebee 2836749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: Thank you!</p> <p>@jennlin821: Hah, this sounds just like our situation! Really good to hear it was nbd and your LO didn't start filling up on veggies and waking up in the middle of the night for calories, or whatever, like some of the websites I saw warned :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836748 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:37:55 +0000 jennlin821 2836748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started solids at just under 6 months. (Solids meaning store-bought baby food puree and baby oatmeal.) For the first two weeks, we only did solids at dinner time.<br /> Then daycare asked us if we could starting bringing in food at lunch, because DD was grabbing their hands wanting the spoons for the other kids at daycare. They said that she was sitting in the chair with her mouth wide open, waiting for food. :shocked: </p> <p>So week three of solids, we started bringing food in for DD at daycare. She did not reduce her milk quantity either. </p> <p>So if you LO is hungry, send the food! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836747 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:37:08 +0000 Sams Mom 2836747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's not so much that you're replacing his milk because he would still be getting the same bottles, but send some pouches or something for snack time or lunchtime when the bigger kids are eating something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-eating-solids-more-than-once-per-day#post-2836741 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:27:24 +0000 periwinklebee 2836741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is around 6.5 months and we've been doing solids once per day for a couple of weeks. He has zero interest in finger foods so far - I offer a bit at every meal and he just makes a face and spits them out - but *loves* purees of fruits and veggies. </p> <p>Daycare says LO has a growing appetite and is often no longer satisfied with his 3 5 oz bottles. They recommended sending solids with him for lunch, as he also gets envious sometimes when he sees the other babies eating (he's the youngest in his class and the only one not eating solids for lunch). I agree that he would probably enjoy solids more than extra milk in his bottles. But when I googled there's so much stuff of the "breast is best" flavor, warning against replacing milk with solids too quickly. I'm just curious what others have done in practice. Follow the baby's lead and give them solids whenever/to the extent they're interested, or take a more gradual approach? </p>