Those of you who have recently started DC on solids..

How are your DC doing???
DS is taking about 1 tablespoon of rice or oatmeal mixed with about 1 tablespoon of bananas or apples (and formula mixed in) in the morning and at dinner time.

I am wondering when to give food to him 3x a day?

What are your DC schedules????
DS's is
6-7am: 7oz bottle
9:30ish: cereal mixed with fruit and formula
12-12:30ish: 7 oz. bottle
3:30ish: 7 oz. bottle
5:30ish: cereal with fruit and formula
and a bottle
8:30: 7 oz. bottle

Does this sound about right????

I haven't tried barley or the mixed grain cereal yet...

Re: Those of you who have recently started DC on solids..

bump - where are you guys?

Re: Those of you who have recently started DC on solids..

We recently started solids

6:00 am DS nurses
8:00 am Oatmeal
9:00 6 oz bottle
12:00 6 oz bottle
3:00 6 oz bottle
5:30 nurse
6:00 Baby food
7:30 nurse before bed.

Once he turns 5 1/2 or 6 month we will a third time

Re: Those of you who have recently started DC on solids..

I havent tried the barley with DS yet either.

Here is our schedule
7:30a - 6oz bottle
10:30a - 3+tbsp of rice cereal + 6oz bottle
1:30p - 1/2 jar of baby food + 6oz bottle
4:30p - 6 oz bottle
7:30p - 1/2 jar baby food + 6oz bottle
8:30 - 3+ tbsp oatmeal cereal + 4 oz bottle

Our schedule recently got changed as DSs wake up time has changed for some reason

Re: Those of you who have recently started DC on solids..

We're not going to try the barley because DD is more allergic to barley than she is to the rice or the oatmeal.

This week we're on oatmeal and she doesn't like it as much as she did the rice, but next week we're adding half a jar of fruit to it so maybe it will be better. This is her schedule:

6:00: 6oz bottle
6:30: 2tbsp cereal
10:30/11:00 (or whenever her babysitter feels like it ): 8oz bottle
3:30: 8oz bottle
7:30: 2tbsp cereal, 4-6oz bottle
8:30: 2-4oz bottle

Re: Those of you who have recently started DC on solids..

Not well! He won't eat his rice cereal. I've tried different consistencies now, and different times of day, states of hunger. He wants no part of it. Given this, I have no schedule for solids, and I think I'm giving up on the rice cereal till we go to the doctor next week.

It's funny, the first couple days he was really excited and ate a lot of it, but now, no more.

Re: Those of you who have recently started DC on solids..

6am 5oz bottle
9am 5oz bottle
12pm 3tbps cereal and 1/2 container fruit
1pm 5oz bottle
4pm 5oz bottle
7:30pm 5oz bottle
9:30pm 3tbsp cereal & 1/2 container fruit
10:30 4oz bottle

Re: Those of you who have recently started DC on solids..

We just started on our first grain last week....DS is 3 1/2 month

7:30am 6 oz
9:00am 1 tbsp oatmeal and formula
10:00am 5oz ( or whatever is left in bottle)
2:00pm 6oz
5:00pm 6oz
8:00 pm 6oz


We are going to start on rice cereal tomorrow for 1 week and then barley for 1 week. I will probably up him to eating grains twice a day starting next week.....is that what you do?

I wont add a fruit until Ive tried all the grains...so another 2 weeks.

Re: Those of you who have recently started DC on solids..