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Offline Sami

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last solid of the day?
« on: October 18, 2007, 01:44:25 am »
Hi there,
my DS is 6.5mths old and i have been doing solids for about a mth.i do solids 3x/day, BF first and wait about an hour to feed him solids.Sometimes at the end of the day,the last solids meal gets a little late due to an errand or a walk with my LO. When would you say it's too late to give the dinner solids before bedtime? If my DS goes to bed at around 7pm should i just skip that last solid meal if it is close to 6pm? I was just thinking that if this last meal is too late it may interfere with how much breastmilk he will take before bed??

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Re: last solid of the day?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2007, 04:05:16 am »
I don't think it would matter much if you skipped the last meal of solids.  Your baby is only 6.5  months old and to be having solids 3 times a day is way more than most.  I believe you'll find that on average most mom's only do one feeding of solids per day at this age. 

This is not an opinion but what I actually did, I believe you need to do what is right for your baby (what ever that might be).  Here is what I did:  I had two very large babies and started solids early at 4.5 months with both (max. 1 tbs).  I didn't give more than 1 meal of solids until around 7.5-8 months (This is when my boys ate what my Dr. told me what would be considered a serving).  Between 9 and 9.5 months is when I started with the third meal.  At or around 10 months I did an extra morning snack.  Shortly after 11 months I added a second snack.  Then a week or two after my boys first birthdays I introduced the final snack to complete the day with 3 meals and 3 snacks.  I still bf morning and night until 13 -13.5 months. 

I found with my first I was way to concerned with what my child ate.  With my second I learned to relax and if I missed a meal of solids my babies always made up for it in milk.  So to answer your question, I would go with the flow.

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Re: last solid of the day?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2007, 18:47:33 pm »
Milk is far more important than solid foods for the first 12 months, so you don't really want to risk interfering with any milkfeeds, missing that final solid feed will be fine, as the pp said, some babies are on 1 meal a day for many months, some don't even start solid foods until 7 months, so there's no rush! :)

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Re: last solid of the day?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2007, 19:29:11 pm »
Thank you for your feedback! :)
i guess im a little confused bc i thought 2-3 solid servings/meals a day was normal at this age...(according to the BW and BWSAYP)...maybe i have misunderstood... :(
but i do agree and understand that BM is the most important thing right now and not the solids...
i will definitely try and go with the flow and see what my LO wants too!

thanks again.
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