Whats your 6 month old schedule like and what foods do you feed her at breakfast/lunch/dinner?

Jen - posted on 03/13/2009

You know I have the same questions as you regarding a 6 month old schedule and eating. I'm very new to this but I can tell you what I do. My son is breastfed, he's 6 months old, he's gets 2 2nd foods around 11 (1-Fruit and 1-Veggie) and 2 2nd foods around 6 or 7 (1-Fruit w/ Rice Cereal and 1-Veggie). The rest of the time is booby time. What i'm doing probably isn't right but it works for us. He is not a fan of meats or mac and cheese. With that said, just recently I tried sweet potatoes with turkey and Apples with chicken mixes and he liked them, to my surprise. Even daddy said he couldn't taste the meat in there, it just gave it a meatier texture.

Nichole - posted on 03/13/2009

I give my son the meat and veggie mixes....to him they taste a lot better than meat by itself.  I also warm up his food in the microwave for about 20 seconds and it eats it much better for me.

Lauren - posted on 03/13/2009

i know everyony is different but im just trying to figure out how to do it i guess. i need to figure out a 6 month old schedule. My son is a big baby too. he is 28 inches long and is 21lbs. Right now he is eating a full jar of fruit with rice cerel in the morning and a bottle. then he get 2 more bottles for lunch and a snack(i guess you could say) then at night i give him a jar of vegetables and rice with a bottle for dinner and then a lilttle later he gets one more bottle right before bed. i guess im trying to figure out if for dinner/ linch do i give him meat (or when?) vegetables and fruit or what.

Nichole - posted on 03/12/2009

I'm a firm beliver that every child is different for instance my son is kind of a giant! lol  He packs away the food.  He was on the first foods and then I started him on the seconds at seven months he didn't really need any persuasion or help in the transition because we don't have a problem getting him to eat anything.  He eats a morning beechnut jar of food along with a fruit.  For dinner he eats 1/2 a night time beechnut jar of baby food, half a jar of fruit, and half a jar of root veggies with a bottle chaser.  Like I said he's a big boy! lol Good Luck with the transition and setting a 6 month old schedule.

Dorota - posted on 03/12/2009

You can ask this question of a 100 moms and probably get a 100 different answers. This is my 6 month old schedule. In the morning when my son wakes up he get's the boob (lol) and then around noon he gets a fruit purre (whether is banana, mango, apple etc or a mixture of them). Then he gets his dinner around 430ish, but I give him more boob in between. For dinner I make him a soup, I make all of his baby foods so I don't know if this is what you're looking for. His soup includes a chicken breast, potato, carrot, celery and onion. I also puree this. After his bath around 8pm he gets cereal (rice, wheat barley or a mixture of the three) followed by the boob until he drifts off to sleep for the night. He gets the boob at any other time in between feedings. Also before I mixed any of his food I exposed him to all the different veggies and fruits separately. Hope this helps

Jennifer - posted on 03/12/2009

I feed my almost 7 month old fruit and cereal for breakfast.  For dinner she gets a root vegetable (carrot, squash, sweet potato) and a green vegetable w/cereal and fruit as a dessert.  If we are out somewhere for lunch then she gets either a little of what is on my plate (I make my own baby food so she is used to the stronger flavors) or fruit and cereal.  We are just starting on working meat in.  She is breastfed so I am taking my time.  Good luck on a 6 month old schedule and figuring out what to feed him.

Jen - posted on 03/13/2009

You know I have the same questions as you regarding a 6 month old schedule and eating. I'm very new to this but I can tell you what I do. My son is breastfed, he's 6 months old, he's gets 2 2nd foods around 11 (1-Fruit and 1-Veggie) and 2 2nd foods around 6 or 7 (1-Fruit w/ Rice Cereal and 1-Veggie). The rest of the time is booby time. What i'm doing probably isn't right but it works for us. He is not a fan of meats or mac and cheese. With that said, just recently I tried sweet potatoes with turkey and Apples with chicken mixes and he liked them, to my surprise. Even daddy said he couldn't taste the meat in there, it just gave it a meatier texture.

Lauren - posted on 03/13/2009

i know everyony is different but im just trying to figure out how to do it i guess. i need to figure out a 6 month old schedule. My son is a big baby too. he is 28 inches long and is 21lbs. Right now he is eating a full jar of fruit with rice cerel in the morning and a bottle. then he get 2 more bottles for lunch and a snack(i guess you could say) then at night i give him a jar of vegetables and rice with a bottle for dinner and then a lilttle later he gets one more bottle right before bed. i guess im trying to figure out if for dinner/ linch do i give him meat (or when?) vegetables and fruit or what.

Nichole - posted on 03/12/2009

I'm a firm beliver that every child is different for instance my son is kind of a giant! lol  He packs away the food.  He was on the first foods and then I started him on the seconds at seven months he didn't really need any persuasion or help in the transition because we don't have a problem getting him to eat anything.  He eats a morning beechnut jar of food along with a fruit.  For dinner he eats 1/2 a night time beechnut jar of baby food, half a jar of fruit, and half a jar of root veggies with a bottle chaser.  Like I said he's a big boy! lol Good Luck with the transition and setting a 6 month old schedule.

Dorota - posted on 03/12/2009

You can ask this question of a 100 moms and probably get a 100 different answers. This is my 6 month old schedule. In the morning when my son wakes up he get's the boob (lol) and then around noon he gets a fruit purre (whether is banana, mango, apple etc or a mixture of them). Then he gets his dinner around 430ish, but I give him more boob in between. For dinner I make him a soup, I make all of his baby foods so I don't know if this is what you're looking for. His soup includes a chicken breast, potato, carrot, celery and onion. I also puree this. After his bath around 8pm he gets cereal (rice, wheat barley or a mixture of the three) followed by the boob until he drifts off to sleep for the night. He gets the boob at any other time in between feedings. Also before I mixed any of his food I exposed him to all the different veggies and fruits separately. Hope this helps

Jennifer - posted on 03/12/2009

I feed my almost 7 month old fruit and cereal for breakfast.  For dinner she gets a root vegetable (carrot, squash, sweet potato) and a green vegetable w/cereal and fruit as a dessert.  If we are out somewhere for lunch then she gets either a little of what is on my plate (I make my own baby food so she is used to the stronger flavors) or fruit and cereal.  We are just starting on working meat in.  She is breastfed so I am taking my time.  Good luck on a 6 month old schedule and figuring out what to feed him.