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@mrskc: J nurses 5 times a day (none at night). Our feeding schedule is 7am wakeup and nurse, 11am nurse, 2pm nurse, 5pm nurse, and 7:30pm 3oz pumped milk + nurse then bed at 8. So he's going on average 3 hours between feedings, with a 4 hour stretch after his big morning feeding (he's always very hungry then and I'm very full, so he eats a lot) and a smaller stretch between his evening and bedtime feed.

My ped said at his 3 month appointment that he should be drinking every 3 hours (so 5 feedings a day), and mentioned something about eventually moving to 4 feedings a day, so maybe at this age they should be having fewer but bigger feedings? I'm sticking with this schedule for now as it works for us, but he does seem like he can go longer between meals now.

@2PeasinaPod: It depends day to day. Most mornings I give him 1 -1.5 ounces of cereal with maybe a .5 ounces (sometimes more) of fruit. Other days when it is all gone he looks at me like I am crazy. My ped said to follow DS's cues, he still prefers is bottle over everything but he is getting the hang of solids. This morning I ended up making more like 2 ounces of cereal and he ate about 3/4 of it. He throws such a fit if he doesn't get some solids in the morning. I failed to mention this to DH one day that I had to work and he called me like "what is wrong with our kid?1?" I was like well did you give him any cereal? He was like no...I thought we did that at lunch. I kinda laughed and filled him in.

@MrsRcCar: Good to know! I feel like he does need the cereal/fruit in the morning, I'm just struggling when to give it to him!

@mrskc: I commented about this on the sleep thread, but we're having a similar issue I think...LO eats every 2-3 hours, usually 2-2.5 hours. He'll eat for a few minute and then start chatting and blowing bubbles--not hungry anymore and wanting to play. And I think that's why he's wkaing up mor eat night. He's eating 7-9 times a day--more than he ate at 2 months old! I feel like we're regressing...

@Kemma: was that more or less feedings that you thought? We're averaging between 7 and 9 these days...he's eating more often now than when he was 3 months ago!

@hilsy85: here is our feeding schedule

6:15 am: 6 oz bottle
9 am: rice cereal or 1/2 container of fruit with cereal & 6 oz bottle
12 pm: 6oz bottle
4 pm: 6 oz bottle
6 pm: 1/2 container of fruit or veggie with 2 Tbsp. of cereal mixed in.
7:00 pm: 4-6 oz bottle

She's eating 28-30 oz a day and a full container of fruit/veggie with rice.

@hilsy85: Here's our feeding schedule! It's pretty fluid day to day but this is a rough example

5am- 4oz bottle
8am- 5oz bottle
11- fruit or veggie and 5oz bottle
2- 5oz bottle
5- fruit or veggie and 3-4oz bottle
7- 6oz bottle

@hilsy85: Usually solids and then bottle here. E is still hungry when he finishes the solid food!

@hilsy85: Yepp I feed him the bottle in the high chair so right right after. I don't know if it's "the right way" or not!

@hilsy85: Yep solids first then bottle in the morning, we try to hold off in the evening an hour or so for her bottle, otherwise she expects 4-6 oz. after solids and then wants another 4 before bed when she's sleepy. But sometimes she expects both!

This is how things went yesterday, hahaha

@hellobeeboston: Banana was on her tray while I readied the sweet potato and a tea for me, by the time we were at this picture....everything was everywhere, lol.

We still do our normal routine of bottles, but between am and noon bottle we do cereal, and then in the afternoon if she seems up for it, we do veggies (and/or banana). I don't really count her veggies as anything at this point, she definitely isn't getting that much, lol.

She is getting 28oz/formula and 1.5/2oz of cereal (half serving of what box says for mixing, I don't think she'd get thru full amt yet)

@hellobeeboston: L gets a serving of veggies/fruit, usually with some oatmeal after his first nap, so usually around 10/1030--we do 1oz of veggies or fruit and 1tbsp of oatmeal mixed with breastmilk. Then we do 1oz of veggies or fruit between his last nap and bedtime, usually around 5/530. He's still nursing 6-8 times a day.

@mrskc: i keep remembering the saying "Food before 1 is just for fun" --- but seeing how much food my friends baby was eating made me want to see what everyone else was doing! I bet it's going to take him a little while to get used to the chunks of food --- it took J a while just to figure out purees!

@hilsy85: @2PeasinaPod: @Beebug: Thanks for sharing! i keep forgetting about cereal, i've only been doing fruits & veggies but should probably incorporate some oatmeal, or oatmeal mixed with fruit like you guys said!

I also need to get more consistent with feeding her cereals + veggies, not too worried yet, but know soon I really should get on it! We had a big eating day Sunday, but nothing yesterday, soon enough!!

@mrskc: ha yeah I'm pretty sure no one here really knows what BLW is (surprising because it's crunchy Brooklyn!). Our pedi also doesn't know what it is, so I don't plan on discussing potentially introducing real food sooner than later. Glad A is liking some foods! L loooves avocado, so I hope your guy does too!

Have you ladies tried a mesh feeder? It's great for those of us that are a bit nervous about choking--you just put the food in the mesh part and LO goes to town sucking and chewing.

I also got LO a straw cup (the zoli) because he's so obsessed with my water bottle. He loves chewing on the straw but hasn't quite gotten the hang of sucking!

@mrskc: yeah I guess if you're going full fledged BLW it's not really necessary...makes my worrywart self feel better though! I thought about a camelbak, but I think the bite valve is still too tough for him to figure out? I like the zoli also because the straw is soft and bendable, so when they move their heads, the straw moves with them.

bumping this thread--- HELP!

Where do I start?! I'm thinking a mix of puree/BLW. Probably start with sweet potato/avocado/banana. How much/often/etc.? A is 5 months, has two bottom teeth, has been showing signs of readiness the past couple of weeks. Sits well in his high chair and tripod sitting. and grabs toys easily.

HELP ME OCT MAMAS!

My LO had her first try at solids yesterday! DH was a bit grumpy about it because he feels we need to wait until she is exactly six months (She'll be six months in 5 days!). We were at a restaurant and she was getting pretty fussy and trying to grab things off the table so I gave her some of my roasted zucchini and cauliflower off my plate. I didn't smushthem up or anything. She gobbled up the zucchini (she left the skin, which wasn't surprising since she doesn't have any teeth!) and was able to get some of the cauliflower before it got dropped on the floor. I'm so excited to start trying other foods with her!