At what age should LO be on 3 meals a day?

[CoffeePuffin]

This thread may have already been done, sorry if I'm duplicating.

I had to wean early at 17 weeks, as Millie has to be confident with purees before her operation (which was supposed to be in March, but will now be in April). She is doing really well and she adores food, definitely prefers it to milk. Probably because it's easier for her. Her cleft palate means sucking milk from a bottle, even though she has special bottles, is hard work for her.

She is already on two puree meals a day and she loves it. She gets quite sad when it's all gone. She is just over 5 months now and she currently has lunch and dinner. I know she could easily eat breakfast too but I'm wary about introducing her third meal so early on. She has never been the best milk drinker and tends to drink the minimum amount most days. My worry is that if I introduce another meal, she may try to drop a milk feed which I really don't want.

I'm not sure when's best to start her on 3 meals. Advice please!

 

[annanouska]

Our lo was 6 months but also has 3x70z formula a day. If she struggles to drink the milk try cereals like weetabix/ porridge when 6 months as you can " hide" loads of formula or bm in them. X

 

[ellie27]

Both my LOs have been on 3 meals from around 9 months old- I believe that is the age they recommend

 

[lhancock90]

If shes confident hun, try her now

 

[Gemble]

I'd say give it a whirl having 3 meals a day didnt stop my little girl downing her milk! Maybe make her breakfast with formula then if she cuts her bottles or won't drink as much u still know she's getting the same amount

Xxx

 

[devon_91x]

My LO is on 3 meals a day now and loves it. If you offer her some sort of cereal for breakfast you can put milk in with it x

 

[StaceyKor]

My LO has been on 3 meals since around 7 months old. She still takes 3x8oz bottles a day and formula in her cereal in the mornings. She loves her food but is still a milk monster too haha xx

 

[hel_5]

I would try her now, I think it was 5/5.5 months when DS was on three meals, he loves his food xx

 

[bellaloo]

My lo is in 3 meals a day and will be 6 months at the end of this month. He is on 3 bottles a day one at breakfast one around 2 pm and one at 7 x

 

[CoffeePuffin]

I think I will try her then. She has had baby porridge before so I know she likes it. She didn't drop her milk at all since she started having meals anyway, so even if she does try to drop a feed I can hide at least half in her porridge.

Thanks ladies.

 

[amygwen]

I started weaning my LO when he was 6 months but having three meals a day was kind of hard to do just because sometimes he wouldn't eat so it was difficult to keep on a routine. I started BLW when he was 8 months, so that's when we started with the three meals a day. Whenever we would eat, he would eat. Sometimes he wouldn't eat but he would sit at the dinner table with us with food, if he ate it or not was his own choice.