What is your 6 month old's feeding schedule?

[cherrylips100]

Just looking for some ideas really!
I will be introducing foods in a few weeks and just wondered where to start. I was thinking of just offering baby porridge or banana in the mornings to begin with for the first week or so. I've heard people say not to replace a bottle with a meal but how do you squeeze in a whole meal on top of your lo's bottles?
Sorry, I'm new to all this!

 

[adrie]

From what I've heard and read, it's best to start small. I wouldn't worry about feeding baby food so much as introducing it around formula or breast milk. I'm interested in BLW so that basically states to begin offering solids in between meals (for ex., 2 hours after last liquid feed).

Naturally as baby starts eating more, you can adjust as needed. I believe you can even find ounce amounts for different kinds of foods to offer in conjunction with formula/breast milk, depending on age.

 

[MindUtopia]

We started with lunch at 6 months, added in breakfast around 7 months and dinner by 7.5 months. There's no rush and it's extra work to start solids, so it's nice to do it slowly at first so you have time to get used to it yourself.

As for working around milk schedules, we just offered milk first at the usual times and then added in a meal about 1-2 hours after. So for us, she would wake, have milk at around 8am and then again at 11am and then we'd do lunch at 12. That way they fill up on milk first and food is just for the experience. In time, they will start to eat more solids and drink less milk and meals will just naturally replace milk. For instance, around 9 months, my daughter just stopped being hungry mid-morning so we skipped the 11am bottle and went right to lunch at 12. If you're wanting to start with breakfast, you can do her bottle whenever she normally has it and then breakfast about an hour or 2 later, but before she starts to get sleepy for her nap.