what is your 7month's feeding routine?

[StevenLeia]

Hi everyone, i have been trying different things with little one, such as not giving milk with lunch (as he only wants milk) He has now eaten a little more savoury food over last couple of days???? Can someone give me ideas for different finger foods(only to start as he's still on puree, but did suck a piece of toast but threw up after as he had a big crumb in his throat.
d love to know what everyone else's routine is from morning milk to bed time milk ?

My ds started solids at 6 months and previous to that took 5 x 8oz feeds a day.

This was our routine at 7 months

7 am - 7-8oz formula
8am - Porridge with pureed fruit

12 noon - 5 oz formula, then solids. Something with protein like chicken casserole, lentils etc. Then a pudding, like yoghurt.

4 pm - 5 oz formula, then solids. something carby like macaroni cheese, or shepherds pie.

7 pm - 7-8oz formula.

He dropped the 10.30 pm feed at about this age, just didin't want it any more.

I continued giving him some milk before solids, as once he'd eaten his solids, he wasn't interested in the milk. I didn't want him to cut back on the milk too much, so this was what I had to do to get him to take it.

He's a bit older now, 9 months, so I've just dropped the lunchtime milk and he has a beaker of water instead.

His teatime milk has been pulled forward to about 3 pm, with tea at 5.30 ish - to fit in with childminder.

HTH

Oh, and best finger foods to start with, IMO are really soft fruits like banana, mango, melon, peach, cut into chip shaped wedges. They're a bit slippery for lo's to hold, but very easy for them to chew, and minimises the risk of choking.

Otherwise, things like half a rusk is good, as it dissolves in their mouth.

Hiya, I just wanted to ask StevenLeia, how come you stopped giving lunchtime milk? Just that my boy is at similar age and he still has his five bottles of milk a day and just eats (albeit not very much!!) in between (we are doing baby led weaning so little man eats when I eat although he is at nursery a couple of days a week so his routine is slightly different there). When he is at home with me though, we tend to do as follows:

7.30- 7oz milk
9.30- breakfast, toast or porridge pancake
11.30- 7 oz milk
1.30pm- lunch- Anything I have in! Normally some cheese, pitta pocket, steamed veggies
3.30- 7oz milk
5.30- tea, Again some veggies, fruit and maybe a yoghurt if I'm feeling daring!
7pm- 8oz milk
10.30pm- 6oz milk

Hi Jojo, I only dropped the lunch time milk for a short while, as it seemed ds went off bothering to eat in favour of milk. He has it again now as he is not eating enough to have food alone. It is more apparent to me now though that he wont eat when he is tired and will drop off in the day with his bottle,,,,day time napping is my biggest headache, if i put him in cot he gets in such a state (my fault as i picked him back up once and he caught on) He only has two half hour naps in the day, still sorry to go on about a different subject... My feeing routine is same as jojay's.

Its so hard to know what to do for the best isn't it??! I have found the same with my ds, if he is tired or hungry there is no point in trying to give him food, he gets in a state as he just wants his milk! I just repeat to myself, "food is for fun until they are one" and try and not get too hung up on how much food he is taking!
Good luck

Yippee, a tea time was a success! I went back to milk first (had to distract him with funny noises to get it away so he didnt fill up on it) and then he went for some savoury (jar) and i brought some plums earlier so let him watch me eating it and chopped him off a chunk,let him hold it but it kept slipping out of his hand , so with a bit of team work he had his little gums chomping away at it and was happy to finish jar after! (and 5oz of milk). Its good to read all the similar probs u come up against.

That's really good SL

What you're doing is called tier feeding - when you offer some milk, then solids, then the remainder of the milk. That way he won't cut back on his milk too quickly, but as he eats more solids, he'll have less appetite for the second part of the milk.

Well done you!!

6 and a half months here -

5.30-6am - breast feed
9am - breakfast of ready brek, weetabix or rusk
10.30 - 11am - breast feed then half hour nap
1pm - lunch - whatevers in the freezer - macaroni, mince and pots, roast beef with pots and veg,chicken with carrot/broc/cauli and cheese sauce, sometimes just fruit/veg puree or a yoghurt, with cup of water (no longer wanting milk)
3-4pm - breast feed then half hour nap
5pm - dinner - whatevers in the freezer that shes not already had for lunch unless were having something that she could have with us.
8-9pm - breast feed then bed.

Im in shock my ds ate me out of house and home today!!! I thought he may explode if i gave him his milk straight after lunch as he had a dinner and a pud! i offered him milk about 1hr after but he only wanted 2oz's. I think i read that he should stilll have a pint of his formula a day when he eats well, which he does, so today im quite pleased. Oh and i gave him a bit of my bread crust to hold and he was trying to put the whole thing in his mouth, i was pleased he wanted to eat it (as still eating puree) but i was afraid he would choke so i took it away and he got upset about that bless him. I brought him some plain cous cous and found a low salt stock (bouillon) and dont know how to cook it. it has no instructions, but how could i make it more interesting for him? ( using jars at the mo)