Any suggestions on where to put 2nd rice feeding in EASY Routine

[tlw]

Hello-

I was wondering if anyone would mind sharing when you do cereal feedings in your EASY routine.
My LO is currently on a 3.5-4 hour EASY.  He has been eating rice cereal once a day for about a month.  I am wanting to incorporate another cereal feeding in his routine and am not quite sure where to put it. 

We currently eat cereal around 4:30 or 5:00 (kind of varies due to length of catnap).
Typical day starts at around 6:30-7.

Any advice?

[Grace's Mom]

We started at the beginning of the day.
We gave her solids 30 min. after her first bottle feed.
When she moved to two solids meals a day, I put the next one after her 2nd bottle feeding of the day.
Most people give solids 30 min. -1 hour after a milk feed so that it doesn't interfer or take away from the milk feed as that will be the main source of nutrients until 12 months or older.

Melissa

[tlw]

Melissa-

Thanks for the response..This may sound dumb but do you count 30 min from when LO starts or stops the bottle?

[Grace's Mom]

That's not a dumb question.
I always did 30 min. from the start of the milk feed.
However, my lo downed every bottle in 5 minutes LOL
You just don't want it too close to the next feed...you want it closer to the feed they just had.
Some lo's like to have it right after the bottle/bf so it's really up to what your baby needs

[Grace's Mom]

How are things going?

-Melissa