What to give when at meals??

[*TLC*]

Solids question- I just added a 3rd meal.  Does everyone give cereal at all 3 meals or do you just do 2?  And how many times a day do I give fruit and veggies.  Right now I have been doing cereal 3 times, breakfast she also gets fruit, lunch veggies and dinner fruit again.  What do you think?  Thanks!

[RachelC]

Tracy,
We give a variety of stuff at each meal.  Breakfast is usually something new (one cube of it).  When Jalyn finishes that, we give her cereal.  Lunch is 3 cubes: a veggie or 2 and a fruit or maybe yogurt (sweet potatoes is usually a must have, as that hides the nasty vitamin taste).  Again, if she's still hungry I give her cereal until she's full.  Dinner is usually 2 cubes, maybe a fruit and veggie.  Then cereal until she's full again.  Also, anytime she has a food that is runny in the least (Jalyn likes her food thick) I add cereal to it... yogurt, defrosted pears banana, mango.
HTH
~Rachel

[Marisa's Mom]

Solids question- I just added a 3rd meal.  Does everyone give cereal at all 3 meals or do you just do 2?  And how many times a day do I give fruit and veggies.  Right now I have been doing cereal 3 times, breakfast she also gets fruit, lunch veggies and dinner fruit again.  What do you think?  Thanks!

By the time we were doing 3 solid meals a day, we were doing cereal at dinner, and sometimes at breakfast or lunch. And we did veggie in the morning, fruit midday, and more veggies at dinner. We still try to give her equal amounts of, or more of, the veggies than fruit.

Now that she is completely on solids, we eventually changed it to  fruit with breakfast, veggies with lunch & dinner, and fruit at snacktime. (With the exception of lately because she's become fussy/picky, so we're mixing it up my giving her dinner at breakfast, breakfast at lunch, and lunch at dinnertime)

[Mom to M&M]

We plan to add in a lunch meal next week. When we do, this is the general plan:

breakfast: cereal (with formula) plus fruit. Light on fruit though
lunch: chicken w/ fruit or veggie
dinner: cereal (with formula) plus veggie. bit of fruit for dessert.

[Messa]

I give fruit in the morning (something new) with cereal mixed with juice and formula, and water in sippy

I give a fruit and veggie for lunch, and water in sippy

And for dinner I give a veggie and cereal mixed with juice and formula, and water in sippy

Do whatever you are comfortable with and balanced just try and give the "new" items in the morning so you can notice any reactions before bed.