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I would still just nurse first (as you should until bub is 12 months) and we just ate lots of meat (primarily for the iron) and some veggies that are higher in calorie. P has always been on the slow side of gain BUT still within the normal averages for breastfed babies so I don't generally worry.

Here's a great post on nutritional values of many baby solids (It's written for toddlers but gives the cal/fat values for babyfoods in general)!
http://kellymom.com/nutrition/starting-solids/babyfoodcalories/

Subscribing. DD's appt is Friday and she's always been slow to gain as well. We have only done applesauce for fun so far bc the ped wanted us to wait until this appt to discuss solids.

he's 9 months and heres what he ate today.

breakfast: yogurt (prob around 3 ounces) and blueberries thrown in (smushed up!)

lunch was 4 ounce of puree (not sure what kind, dh fed him)

dinner was homemade sweet potato wedges and sloppy jo meat sans bun.

LO is 8 months old and formula fed, but here is what our solids menu looks like:

Breakfast - 3.5 to 4 oz. of fruit + grain (oatmeal, barley, etc...)

Lunch - 2 oz. of yogurt

Dinner - 4 oz. of meat + veggie (so far we've only given chicken & turkey for meats)

We'll be increasing his amounts with finger foods this month, but usually with each meal I offer him a handful of Puffs as well.

@hilsy85: we introduced Puffs at 7 months. LO actually turns 8 months tomorrow, so we're going to really start with more finger foods this upcoming month...planning on trying cheese, hard boiled egg yolk, breads, waffles/pancakes, and steamed veggies.

Subscribing.
We didn't start solids until 6 months and D is 6.5 months now. Ummm, I'm really struggling to get her into food at all. And since she's in daycare, I haven't wanted them to feed her, but now I think I need to get them to bc I just am not having the time in the evenings. She will maybe eat .5 to 1 tablespoon, which is nothing. Sigh... I really dislike dealing with food

@CarrieLouWho: My LO is 7 months and just got into food a few days ago. He wasn't interested for me (we tried BLW, then mashed things thinned with some water like bananas and avocado...he just wasn't having any of it and would make a face of disgust). What finally worked was having our nanny give him some stage 1 jarred peas. It's so thin it's practically water and he likes that better for now. Also, now that our nanny got him used to eating, it's much more enjoyable for me to feed him at night (before, I felt like it was a struggle and would sometimes just not do it!). You might have daycare try and just see what happens. Good luck!

And @hilsy85, right now I don't have much to add but thanks for asking this. I never understood the "food before 1 is just for fun" but then as soon as they turn 1, they're supposed to be mostly on solids?!

LO is almost 8 months:

Here is a sample day, she eats more of a variety than this but to keep it simple...
Nurse: Not sure how many oz she eats while nursing
Breakfast: about 2oz Gerber Graduates Oatmeal
Nurse
Lunch:yogurt 4oz
Snack: Puffs or Plum Organics teething cookies
Nurse
Dinner: Ravioli, Carrots, peas...it varies but she eats about 3-4oz
Nurse

Nurse 2x at night

She still nurses enough so I don't worry too much about how much/if she eats enough at meals.

@hummusgirl: my ped said foor is NOT just for fun. He basically said, right now it is for teaching how to eat and teaching developmental skills such as the Pincer Grasp and swallowing (anti-gag). But, I think when people say it is "just for fun", they mean that the nutrients in solids are not necessary. But, apparently (or according to our ped), solid eating is very necessary before 1. Hmm...I haven't yet decided where I stand.

We definitely didn't do 3 consistent meals per day until at least 9 months... although I can see the pressure if your LO isn't gaining enough weight. We did a lot of fruit and veggies at that age, plus some whole milk yogurt. We phased in meats slowly closer to 9 months -- although DD mostly got those via purees at the beginning. Avacados, whole milk yogurt, bananas, and eggs (of your doctor is ok with those) probably provide a good amount of calories and are pretty easy for babies to eat.

Wow, we are so behind. LO just turned 10 months and is still on two meals per day, we've only just started finger foods in the past few days as well (although she's been having mum mums for a while now so her pincer grasp is great). She also chews well and hardly gags on the stuff we've just started trying.

Our schedule is as follows from wake up to bedtime:

Wake up: nursing session
1.5 hrs later: nursing session
Post-morning nap: wheat cereal with fruit chunks mixed in
2 hrs later: nursing
Post afternoon nap: nursing
1.25 hrs later: dinner - still using mostly organic pouches of a meat and veggies in a chunky version with actual chunks of veggies. Dessert of fruit slices, mainly pear, or whatever other fruit I've bought recently.
1-1.5 hrs later: nursing
Bedtime and no feeds until morning wake up, twelve hours later.

We also try to get her to drink a lot of water as she gets super constipated if she doesn't. On a good day, she'll drink 150 ml (4 oz I think), otherwise, only about 50-60 ml. We've just started offering her raw veggies (cucumber and tomatoes) this week but I am petrified of her choking so I really only like to do it if someone else is around. Sigh, I really need to get over this fear and get her eating proper finger foods!

@hilsy85: we gradually started solids. at six months we did one meal (breakfast) at 8 months we introduced lunch and now at 10 months we are just starting to introduce dinner on some nights. We have always offered a cup of water at meal time but only recently has he started to like it. We do a mix of purees and BLW. We always offer solids about an hour after a nursing session. Also, I would say that it hasn't been until about the last two weeks that he as been super interested in food! Now he is insatiable! A typical day looks like this:

6mo (breakfast only):
2tblsp baby oatmeal mixed with breastmilk
1/2 fruit pouch

8mo:
Breakfast
2tblsp baby oatmeal mixed with breastmilk
1/2 fruit pouch

Lunch
1/2 veggie pouch
some fruit puree
a couple of cheerios

10mo:
Breakfast
Yogurt
Fruit puree
Cheerios/pancakes/banana bread

Lunch
I pack a nibbler tray of an assortment of different things - always two fruits, two veg, a strach and a protein. He eats all the protein and picks at the rest. Happy baby chickchick pouch, black beans and curry carrots are his fav.

Dinner
Whatever we are having for dinner I give to him in cheerio sized pieces

I hope this helps!

LO is about 9.5 months old and has pretty much weaned herself off purees. She wants real food and we follow the "she'll let us know when she's done" technique and sometimes we're amazed at how much she can eat!

A typical day is like this:

5:30am 8 oz bottle
8:30am breakfast, usually a fruit puree and oatmeal. 4 oz bottle offered.
12:30pm lunch, typically a veggie, fruit and protein. 4 oz bottle offered. Today it is broccoli, papaya, and chicken. This is all diced into small pieces, but fresh fruit/veggies and a proten that I cook. If I don't have my act together, we may substitute a yogurt.
4:00pm - 8oz bottle (doesn't always finish)
6:00pm - dinner which consists of veggie, fruit and protein. Sometimes we will add a starch like rice or pasta. 6oz bottle offered.

We've done scrambled eggs, cheese, yogurt, pork tenderloin, chicken, and ground beef for proteins and LO really likes all of these. Last night we let her feed herself her brocooli, fruit and cheese and then while we were eating she wanted more so we fed her some chicken. This kid was screaming for more chicken. We got such a kick out of it. Sometimes we'll feed her tiny pieces and sometimes we'll let her feed herself which she loves to do, but ends up eating less and wearing more of it. We took her out to lunch last week at chinese restaurant and ordered steamed broccoli and I have her some white rice from my dish, and she gobbled it up. I know she's getting plenty of nutrients from her bottles (which are always offered and it varies how much she drinks) so I focus more on introducing her to different foods and flavors, and a variety of healthy stuff. LO is a great eater, although there have been some things she doesn't like such as avocado and cottage cheese.

@hilsy85: Probably around 2-3 oz!

It's generally around this now..

7am wakeup, bottle, 6-7 oz usually
930ish 2-3 oz fruit/fruit mixed w/ cereal, 1-2 oz formula (whatever she'll take)
12-1 5-6 oz formula
3-4 5-6 oz formula
dinner time- 2-3 oz vegetables
bedtime 2-7 oz formula

It's sort of variable depending on how much she's eaten throughout the day...but generally I'd say she's on the lower end of what I've listed above. It worries me because she used to drink about 30 oz/day.

We just got the go-ahead at LO's 6 month checkup to start solids! So far we've only introduced mashed avocado, which she loves.

Did you introduce foods and wait the 3-4 days to add a new food to verify there was no reaction? I'm having a hard time timing the introduction of new food, because I'd like to be there, but that would mean waiting until the weekend, since I"m nervous about introducing something new in the evening if she has a reaction to it overnight. But at this rate, she will only have 3 new foods within the month!! I need to find a better process..