how are you introducing new food and your feeding schedule?

Question

I feel stupid... don't know why this seems complicated to me? Think I'm making it more complicated than it needs to be.

My little guy is almost 6 months and for about a month every 2-3 days been giving him a couple tsps of a new food.

I read today that when you think they are ready, should start with 1-3 tsp a day of a veggie and fruit, sometimes protein and increase to 1/4 to 1/2 cup in 2-3 feedings. I'm confused. So a new food every couple days then increase what they are eating in 2-3 feedings.

Could someone tell me what they are doing and your schedule?! Thanks!

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We just started this weekend and since LO is on the small end we don't want it to interfere with nursing so we give her food just once a day. We feed a new food for three days before introducing another (we did bananas and then pears, sweet potatoes are next). She gets about 2 Tbls in the evening when the rest of us are eating our dinner.

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I feed her solids Her First feeding of the day and last feeding as well. I make her food she eats about 4 cubes every feeding with rice cereal and formula she is a little Chunker and loves her food!

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Yeah I have no idea what I'm doing, I'm totally winging it and so far so good (knock on wood). We started with a couple bites once a day so it took 4 days to finish 4oz of sweet potatoes. Then moved to pears and she ate 5oz over 3 days. Now green beans which she LOVES and ate 2.5oz in one sitting. So I think I might buy more of those before trying a new food? Seems like a lot of new flavors in a short span but I don't really know. 🤞🏼🤷🏻‍♀️

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I'm just winging it. I try to let my son guide me.

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We feed baby one meal a day with about 2 TBS of rice cereal with milk and an ounce of some veggie or fruit. We do the same fruit or veggie for 4 days. She really loves it so at our 6 month appointment I'm going to ask about giving her 2 meals a day.

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I'm starting super slow, last night we had tacos so we gave him a couple bites of avocado and he actually liked it! He's tried rice cereal a couple times but not a big fan. Tomorrow we're trying puréed sweet potatoes then waiting 4-5 days before trying a new one. After trying a few kinds and he gets the hang of it I'm going to start making it his once a day snack. I think evening works better since he gets night time baths and this whole food thing is messy! He also shows interest in food when we're eating so I'll have him eat while we eat. I read feeding baby an hour prior is key. You don't want baby starving but not full and when baby is happy to make the whole experience fun.

how are you introducing new food and your feeding schedule?

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