what time should be DD's breakfast, lunch and dinner?

[MiaMamma]

Hi, I'm about to start weaning DD. Will start with one meal a day, lunchtime like it's generally sugested. But I'm not sure what time this should be. She's bf on demand, so feeds are on different times every day. She wakes up around 8.30-9 and has her first bf at 9.30-10. Last bf is at 7.30pm and she's in bed by 8.00pm. My own lunch is very late afternoon and dinner after DD is in bed, so we can't have those together. I have no idea what times she should eat her solids! Any advice?

Whenever feels most convenient for you! She's not going to know any different. Choose a feed time when she's usually quite awake (i.e. not a feed that usually precedes a nap). When you get her used to taking a bit of solid food, then you can plan a bit more and she'll fall into a routine around it. Just to give you an example, my routine is like this:
7am-ish - DS wakes, first bottle.
9am - breakfast (baby cereal or fruit puree)
Nap
11am bottle
1pm lunch (yogurt, rusk or fruit)
Nap (mummy's lunch)
3pm bottle
5pm dinner (vegetables)
Mummy and daddy's dinner.
7.30pm bottle and bed.
But there really is no "should be". Don't worry, she'll make her own routine.

Thanks fluffyanimal, that makes sense. Think I'm just worried that one day I forgot to give her lunch if it's not set times. And I'm not sure how close to the bedtime dinner should be (I know, bit early to think about it).

Well I prefer to give dinner a couple of hours or so before bed, so that he has milk just before bed and it's easier to fit into the bedtime routine and gives him time to wind down. DS sees his solid meals as a bit of a game, so he needs time to calm down and also get cleaned up!

Miamama, I know exactly what you mean! I bf ds on demand, and we started weaning at 6 months (he is 7.5 months now). I am forever forgetting to give him meals - he still bf whenever he wants, so he's not hungry, and he's not that interested in solids which doesn't help. Though that may be because of my total disorganisation, he never knows to expect a meal . I find breakfast the easiest to remember to do - we bf first thing, then have breakfast together when we go downstairs. Dinner is the hardest, I feel like he should eat at about 4pm, but that is when his afternoon nap is (3.30-5.00 ish if I'm very lucky). Bedtime is 7, so I'm struggling to find space in the day for dinner. Anyway, enough of my rambling, just thought I'd say you are not alone!

Hi..another timetable to give you some ideas. I have a 2.75 dd, so 6mo ds fits in.Also bf, not really on demand, just every few hours or so. At the moment it looks like this..between 7 and 8, breastfeed, breakfast (porridge/readybrek)about 8-30, another bf at 9-30 (although prob not needed now)nap at 10ish, bf one side at 12ish, then lunch, then bf other side, bed at 1ish, bf at 330, bf at 530 followed by tea, bath book last feed at 7-30, then sleep. Will aim to drop lunch feed and tea feed by 7 months ish, then if like his sister, down to 3 a day by 9 months (morning, 330 and evening). Hope this helps..

Thank you for asking that question MM. I am wanting to start weaning DD soon and was wondering about bf routine, I think FA makes perfect sense. Thanks everyone.