For those of you who recently introduced solids to your LO, do you breastfeed/formula-feed before or after giving solids? How long do you wait?
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Until L hit 8 months, I always nursed first and then did solids about :45 to an hour later. Now, I do solids first at the suggestion of my ped to help with L's weight gain.
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We've always given the bottle first and followed it with solids. I tried to view solids as "just for fun" and made sure DS got the majority of his nutrition from his formula.
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I give her a bottle and then do solids about 45m-1hr after. That way it doesn't interfere with or reduce the amount of formula she intakes.
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I agree with everyone, nurse or bottle first, then solids. One of my friends recently told me that for the first year, "food is fun."
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I always focused on nursing first and fit solids in between nursing sessions. It is more for practice, not necessarily nourishment.
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Nurse first so they get the good stuff first. My LO is still eating once a day so I feed him dinner. As for when, sometime after I nurse him. Not right away...maybe like 30 minutes later. Just depends on what time it is.
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Since she's been waking up at 5:30am for a feeding and then waking up for the day 2 hours later, i'm always torn as to whether i should give her breakfast or boob first.
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@Sweet T: @MamaBehr: @pelikila: While i know they are supposed to get most of their nutrition from breastmilk or formula, isnt a big reason for introducing solids is that they are not getting enough iron from breastmilk alone?
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I don't agree with the food for fun before one stuff. My baby had a clear need for solids starting at around 7 months. They didn't reduce her intake of breastmilk at all, so I never worried about which was first. Even now at 13 months, she'll eat a big solid meal right after breastfeeding.
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@caffeinated: I view solids that way: iron-intake! (and then the extra flavours and variety of textures for fun as an additional thing)
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