Did you have a "menu" for your 5-6mth old when starting solids?

Im on the Gerber website and I looked at a sample menu for the "supported sitter" and it just seems like a lot. What do you feed your LO? Are you on a schedule or do you just fed when hungry? Im going to be doing cereal and baby food so I'd like to combine both with formula/breast milk feeding. I just want an example menu like:

Breaskfast:
4oz milk
1/2 jar of baby food bananas
4 tbsp cereal

Lunch etc:

Did you have a

This is what we do:
9:00- cereal & formula
12:00- veggie baby food and bottle
3:00- bottle
6:00- solid and bottle
9:00- formula
12;00- formula

Hope this helps :)

Re: Did you have a "menu" for your 5-6mth old when starting solids?

I began oatmeal at 4 months so it was a similar schedule minus the breakfast cereal/food.

DD is 5 1/2 months

6am - 6 oz bottle

8am - 2oz oatmeal mixed with 2oz formula mixed with 1/2 a container of food

10am - 6 oz bottle

2pm - 6 oz bottle

5 pm - 2 oz barley mixed with 2oz formula mixed with 1/2 container of food

7:30ish pm - 6 oz bottle


I did the same schedule with my DS and it worked so I figured I would continue. Eventually I'll add lunch. Probably a whole jar/container of fruits or veggies.

Re: Did you have a "menu" for your 5-6mth old when starting solids?

Wake at 6.

7am: breakfast; Fruit; as much as he wants to eat.
8am: 6 oz bottle
11am: 6-8 oz bottle
130pm: yogurt (lunch w/ brothers)
2pm: 6 oz bottle
5pm: 6 oz bottle
630pm: dinner; veggie; as much as he'll eat
8pm: bedtime bottle; 10oz

I never measured the amount of fruit/ veggies....I just let him eat until he starts spitting it out.

Did you have a

very helpful thanks ladies

Did you have a

Just take cues from your DS. He will close his mouth or turn his head when he doesn't want more.

Re: Did you have a "menu" for your 5-6mth old when starting solids?

DS will be 7 months on Oct 2. Right now he is on solids amd has been since 4.5 months. Schedule now:

Wake around 6: Sometimes a bottle depending if he's awake if not we wait til i get to my parents
7:00- 3 tbs rice cereal and half a jar of fruit- more if he wants
he gets bottles as many as he wants but usually 6 oz at 7:30-8:00 and then again about 11:00.
12:00-12:30- he gets veggies and fruit- about half a jar each again he can have more if he wants and then usualy a 4-6oz bottle after
1:00-1:30- 6 oz bottle
3:30-4:30- 6oz bottle
6:00-7:00- cereal 3 tbs , fruit and vegetable 1/2 jar of each. Then a bottle after his bath to help him go to sleep