Dropping a feed?

[Samjheywood]

Hi there, my LO is 22weeks old and i have been feeding him solids from 17wks, fruit and veg purees and some porridge/baby rice and was wondering now he is approaching 6 months and i will introduce more types of solids do i drop feeds?

He has a 4hr EASY having 4 bottles in the day 7/11/3/7 and then sometimes one in the night (he is a bit hit and miss with night feeds, he sometimes sleeps through and others doesnt!)

I am giving him a breakfast, lunch and tea of purees (1 pot each time) and wonder if i should still carry on with 5 feeds? What you others do or what do you suggest?

Thanks

[Samjheywood]

Sorry forgot to say, he also has sips of water from a cup (with a straw as took to this better) with his solid feeds

[Samjheywood]

He is taking 7oz bottles and a 8oz at 7pm.

[Seona1973]

I wouldnt drop any until he starts taking less in a particular bottle e.g. ds started taking less in his mid-morning bottle and it got dropped when he was only taking a few ounces - I replaced it with a snack and drink of water.  He didnt start dropping daytime feeds until around 9 months.

[Lolly]

I agree with PP - milk is way more important than solids until he is 1 so you don't want his intake dropping until much closer to that time. He having a lot of solids for his age, so if his milk intake starts to drop at all you may need to scale them back a bit to keep the intake up. Make sure you keep the milk feeds as a priority about an hour before solids too.

Laura