At nine months, I now normally do an oz or two of EBM (whatever I can squeeze out after the morning feed) and mix with rice cereal and a tsp or two of fruit to a good paste. I used to do them separately, but just figured it made things a little easier to do it all at once. If there isn't enough EBM, I'll add more liquid with prune/apple juice.
I do cereal first thing in the morning, but finish every meal with a handful of "baby chex mix" for DS to play with: cheerios, rice chex, small freeze-dried apple pieces, and gerber veggie puffs. I hope that gets enough "grains" into DS throughout the day! We also do a "slice" of toast -- pretty teeny once I cut off the crusts and then into eighths. I spread it with prunes or apricots, just to get a little extra fibre in DS. That's normally at dinnertime, to help fill him up for the night.
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