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@regberadaisy: thanks! I know that the opinions on this, as anything, vary. I am definitely following my ped's advice and they tend to be more traditional. Although I will say that even if he is eating 6-12 oz of solids a day, he's still drinking 24-32 oz of formula a day. So he's still getting most of his nutrition from formula, isn't he? (I'm not asking to be sarcastic, it really is a question!)

@Mamasig: thanks! I agree with your sentiment. My son seems a lot happier and more satisfied when we include solids 3x per day. Some days I miss 1 or even 2 "meals" because I can't get the timing right between his bottles and naps. Those days he seems to be fussier and naps poorly. But that might just be my imagination

@Adira: @regberadaisy: @catomd00: @BabyTsMom: @gingerbebe: @Mae: Thank you all for your input! I think that what I've gathered is that I shouldn't restrict his formula, should let him finish as much as he wants. We still always offer 8oz and most often he finishes it or leaves behind a very small amount. The least he'll drink is 6oz but that's even maybe once a day.

@looch: He's having purees at this point. I'm a bad mom, I use jars So he's having half a jar of a fruit mixed with multigrain cereal in the AM. Afternoon for lunch I usually do a single vegetable like peas, green beans, squash, etc. Sometimes he has the whole jar, sometimes he has as little as half. For dinner I try to do some kind of veggie medley or veggie & meat purée, and a lot of those also have some kind of grain.

Two things my doc stressed is that I should offer variety and let him tell me how much he wants. Never force but don't limit either (though I've never given more than one jar/serving in a sitting). So as soon as he is disinterested, turns away, purses lips, etc I stop.

@Mae: Thank you! That is an interesting idea. At the 4 month when she gave tbe go ahead for solids, she said to def do bottle first because the solids should only supplement and not replace anything yet. But maybe now that he's 6months that has changed. I actually see my ped tomorrow for his MMR shot so I'm just going to ask her what she recommends.

I also wonder if he's spitting up more just because he's sitting up now and bending over at the waist to pick things up. Maybe when he's full it's just naturally traveling back up.
Anyway, I'll ask her tomorrow

Thanks!

@looch: thanks! My son is actually on alimentum formula so the doc wants to wait a little longer to introduce yogurt, she said 8 months. She mentioned that at our well visit a couple of weeks ago.
That's interesting about eggs. Do you mean scrambling and "chopping" very finely? She is very old school so the handout she gave me says only egg yolks once he is 8 months.
She also told me Cheerios and puffs at 8 months so I'm thinking she wants only purees until that point, but that might be my incorrect interpretation.

@looch: yes for sure! All so different. My doc said meat purees at 6 months, but I get all kinds of parenting newsletters and a recent one had another ped saying there's no reason to not give meat purees at 4 months. There are so many decisions to make these days and I'm just following my peds lead. It's less stressful for me! For example, I thought that I HAD to make my own baby food and was really dreading it (I don't do much in the kitchen). Without my prompting my ped said "he's ready for solids If you want to start them. Don't worry about making your own. Just buy the jars unless you WANT to make your own. It's easier and it's perfectly fine. Don't let people scare you into making your own food". And that made me feel so much better. But, had she said I should most definitely make my own (as I'm sure some peds do) I would have. I'm just being a robot right now and doing what she says, unless I feel strongly. She also told me at 4 months to get rid of the paci. And again at 6 months. But not for health reasons, she said it'll be easier for me in the long run. I'm just not ready, he doesn't depend on it, but it certainly helps calm him in a pinch.
So, this is all off topic, but just to agree with you that there are so many pieces of advice out there about every aspect of parenting. And we just need to choose what we deem a reliable source and make decisions based on that.