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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.

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.

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.

We definitely eased in to it. Food before 1 is just for fun

With DD1 we introduced a meal a month. By right months she was eating three solid meals a day.
DD2 jumped on solids and was up to three meals by day five. Girl packs it in.

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.

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.

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.