When to add second solids session

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oneplusone Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: 01 January 2008 Location: Wellington Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote oneplusone Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: When to add second solids session Posted: 06 May 2008 at 2:05pm
	Rats, I'm sure I saw a thread about this with various members writing down their feeding routines but I can't find it now. If you are one of those people can you oblige and show me your routine again and how old your baby is please? Jonathan is 5 months old and we started solids a week ago. Tend to feed him half an hour after BF in middle of the day. He's taken to it well and takes 10-12 baby teaspoons at a time. I thought I would need to wait around a month and introduce him to more tastes before I added a second mealtime but if he's that keen should I think about it earlier?

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Rachael21 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01 January 1900 Location: New Zealand Points: 4700	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rachael21 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 May 2008 at 2:46pm
	Yip add it in, the worst than can happen is he doesn't want it. Just follow the same rules with introducing new foods. I think plunket say when they are eating half a cup add another in.

Mum2ET Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 30 August 2007 Location: Whangaparaoa Points: 3850	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mum2ET Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 May 2008 at 4:10pm
	yeah I would try offering him a second meal around dinner time and see if takes it. We started solids when Ella was around 4 1/2 months and just over 5 months she was on 2 meals a day and then just after 6 months we introduced breakfast.
	Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2)

Rackhell Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 09 January 2007 Points: 541	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rackhell Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 May 2008 at 10:26pm
	We added in caths second meal at breakfast. If something doesn't agree with them at dinner time (nighttime feed) then you might be up half the night with an upset baby (sorry, not trying to alarm you) which is very wearying and worrying. eta: cath is 9 mths, started solids at 6 mths, second meal introduced at 7 mths. We did bottle feed first, then solids an hour later when she was younger Edited by Rackhell

cuppatea Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 05 February 2007 Points: 7798	Post Options Post Reply Quote cuppatea Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 May 2008 at 8:00am
	You could still introduce at dinner time if you like but just introduce new food at lunch and keep them just at lunch times until you are happy they are safe and then add them into dinner as well. We introduced the second feed about a month after the first and then he was on two solid feeds for a while as he didn't show any interest in breakfast for ages.


peanut butter Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 20 February 2007 Points: 8044	Post Options Post Reply Quote peanut butter Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 May 2008 at 8:27am
	we went from 1 to 2 feed quite quickly as Tom is a guts. Then after about a month we went to 3 feeds. What a difference it made....think it was more the routine aspect of it. I used to do it like this. wake up...bottle hour later breakfast bottle sleep bottle hour later lunch etc.. It got so confusing that in the end I opted for meals at meal times and 5 bottles spread across the day.

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