How much solids in a day?

[smiller1234]

I havnt started 6 month dd on solids yet but I think shes ready! HOw much should they eat in a day when first starting out and when?

[TapDancinMama]

My baby is 7 months old. He's been eating solids for about a month. He started with one cube (I make my own) 1x a day. He still only eats solids once a day, but now it's more like 3-4 cubes. HTH'S

[joand2girls]

I just started DD also 6 mths on solids I do 1 cube (I make my own) 2x a day usually mid morning and mid afternoon. Sometimes she eats it all sometimes she does not.
Jo

[C-MaeMama]

i started dd @ 6 mos. so far its once a day...the cereals (yes i've heard the ranting but MY choice) we do it in the am shortly after her morning feed so breakfast. she takes 3-4 tbsp w/the same amount of bm added to it...she loves barley! we started w/2 but she downs it so we've upped it a notch.

[Holly_Anne618]

When I first started, I gave DD a half jar of stage one food at lunch time. I gave her the same food for 5-7 days to make sure that she didn't have any reactions to the food. Then, after she had tried all fruits and veggies, we went to a jar of stage 1 for breakfast, one jar stage 2 for lunch and another jar stage 2 for dinner. HTH :)

[reesesmom]

I am just doing once a day (just started my DD on the 25th). She HATED my wonderful homemade w/ BM so I gave . . . and gave her brown rice cereal w/ applesauce which she seems to enjoy (w/ water - not BM).

Good thing I froze my homemade - I will try it again later.

[whirligig]

My 7 month old eats solids twice a day, sometimes 3 cubes...hmm maybe I am overfeeding her? And I also give her rice cereal. I have never heard the rants against cereal, what is that all about? I am new to this. I'll search the forums and see if I can find anything....:giggle:

[mom2piddle]

I was wondering the same thing! My DD is 7mos and everyone is pushing for her to eat more...I'm just trying to find a happy balance to keep up with my happy baby!

[elismum]

DS was 6 mos on 7/9 and we started him on 1 cube once a day (make my own). He quickly wanted more so I started giving him 2 or 3 cubes once a day and now I do 4 cubes at lunch and 2-3 at dinner. I hadn't planned on doind 2 solid feeding per day, but he seems to want it...and all along I've taken his lead.:cool:

[My_3_Sweeties]

When my baby first started soilds he was eating only one meal a day, now he's up to 2. At each meal it's a veggie and fruit. One cube of each, sometimes a little more fruit if he's really hungry.

[heathertup]

We started 1 week ago with rice cereal when DD turned 6 months old - right now I'm just doing 1T of rice cereal with a few T of formula added. I also plan to make my own food when I get a chance to figure out what I'm doing. I'm curious about the rice cereal ranting too - never heard of it, but then again I'm new this all. Oh well, I think DD will live!