yet ANOTHER starting solids question

TIA for your patience with me! i never realized that this wasn't all common sense stuff...

so DS loves his cereal, finally!

i gave him about 3 tablespoons last night and he gobbled it all up.

how long did you wait before giving cereal twice a day?

and when did you add fruits?

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The ped here in NY when I saw her when my DD hit 4 months of age told me to give it to her 2x per day, and that I could do fruits also once she passed the time for allergic reaction to the cereals.

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excellent, thanks

did you do fruit with the cereals, or as a separate feeding?

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You can def. do two times a day now.

In the beginning I wanted him to get used to the seperate tastes and textures so I would feed him all of his cereal, and then some fruit. There were times I would put both on the spoon if he didn't like the particular fruit or veggie so much.

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I was diff in terms of feeding Kristina...

I was never told to give her milk (as a bottle) with her feedings, so when I did her feedings, it was just her food, not food + bottle, KWIM?

So when I gave her breakfast, it was cereal + fruit. Other women, I have read though, feed their baby milk + cereal + fruit.

I guess it's your preference.

As long as Kristina was taking in the required amount of formula per day though, I was happy.

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I never gave cereal twice per day.
I gave cereal in the morning with fruit and then I gave him a veggie for lunch. (when we first started with fruits and veggies)

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I was up to 2x/day by the end of the first week...

I added veggies first and did that a couple of weeks after starting cereal...

Now she's on stage 2 everything (except citrus and strawberries...DD#1 had a skin reaction to citrus, so I'm nervous and my mom is deathly allergic to strawberries, so no rush on them)...

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thanks everyone

lisa, i haven't been giving him a bottle with his food, but i make sure he isn't totally starving either (i have done it about 2 hours after a feeding). that seems to be working well, so i will keep with it! thanks!

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Once he started really eating the cereal - I added a morning feeding of cereal. Then 4 days later I started introducing a fruit/veggie every 4 days.

Once I had gone through all of the veggies/fruits - I added it to breakfast as well.

At 6 months I added yogurt at lunch, plus a fruit.

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We were told cereal in the AM and PM right from the start...and once he tried them all and had no reactions that we could try appoved fruits and veggies.

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Never bothered with cereal 2x per day. Instead I moved cereal up to breakfast and then did a veggie for dinner.

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My ds was put on cereal at 1 month... two tbls 2x a day... that rapidly increased to a 1/4 cup twice a day... by the time he was 2 months old i added fruits and veggies... now at 4 1/2 months he has cereal and a level 2 jar in morn, two level 2 jars at lunch, and cereal with two level 2 jars at dinner (he also has 40 ounces f milk)... my theory with the cereal when i started what that he will let me know when he is done.. i always made more and looked for the signs that he was full.. particularly the spitting everything back at me...
just be aware that the level 2 jars of beachnut are bigger then that or gerber...

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My ped said 2 tsp of cereal in the morning and afternoon. So she has her morning bottle and then her cereal. She gets no solids with her mid-morning bottle and then her first afternoon bottle she gets her cereal again right after. She loves it!! Been doing great. I want to start with some fruits and veggies but not sure how to proceed with that so I'll ask the ped on Monday when I go.

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Cereal in the morning for a week.

Then we did dinner

After two weeks we introduced applesauce at both breakfast and dinner.

One week later, we introduced bananas (FRESHly mushed by yours truly)