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We're offering solids 3x a day, but LO never eats more than 2 tsp or so. She's not all that interested.
Id go with your gut, though. If she's had her bottle, and still wants to eat, it's probably not a bad thing. I don't know for sure though.

@coopsmama: what's an example of your lo's 3 big solid meals? My lo is 8 months as well and I'm curious what others are doing.

@coopsmama: wow!!!!! When did you introduce eggs? Your lo is eating well!!!!

Thanks for sharing. My lo is 8 months and he's bf and gets maybe 2 tbsp. Of canned peas, squash or applesauce once or twice a day. I need to get it together here....I just don't know how to go about planning meals and what to give him. Did you go somewhere to get the info. That helped you get your lo on this type of eating ?

@jh524: We actually just introduced eggs a week or so ago. I was nervous about that because it's one of the more frequently allergenic foods and I'm a paranoid mama but others on here said they have around 7/8 months so I figured it was a good time and we went for it and he loved them! He especially loves them if we sprinkle cheese on top and let it melt in a bit.

Honestly, I haven't really followed a plan with feeding him but just followed his cues! He has been interested in food since 4 months so we started giving him tastes here and there. We started out with pureed avocado and pureed banana. He has one of the little mesh self-feeders and we put pear slices in there which he LOVED.

At around 6 months, I started doing purees here at home -- I'd bake a sweet potato (for one hour at 400 degrees), and puree it in my food processor with one avocado and one pear.

Baby led weaning totally stressed me out for a first child, and he didn't really have his pincer grasp down when we first started so we stuck with purees til about 7 months. We've never bothered with oatmeal or rice cereal. I just let him try my foods as we go and let him try things and see how it goes. We've been working on adding textures for the past month and he has gotten good at using his gums to chew.

Don't feel bad about where you are with your LO. It's often said that "food before one is just for fun" and I definitely believe that. It just so happens that DS enjoys food and gets irritated if he sees us eating and doesn't have a meal himself! I know one woman who had one child who was an early eater and another one who still only barely dabbled in solids at a year and they weighed just about the same and both are extremely healthy kids despite different eating habits in that first year. Good luck!