Solids routine while ebf! help?

Question

I’ve given bites of soft food to taste but haven’t gotten a routine of solids yet. I’m stuck on what to give and how often we are still breastfeeding exclusively. Anyone have a good routine you could share with keeping breastfeeding the same ?

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Most important thing to keep in mind well besides watching for allergies of course is to not stress. Don’t worry if they only wanna eat a bite or if they wanna eat tons. It’ll b like that for a while as they’re getting use to a new skill of eating. I make and freeze my own purée so I have this little routine down. Always feed baby milk first until satisfied. Then while they sit and play, and digest, I pull out a couple cubes of frozen purée. I warm em just enough to b eatable. Put baby in the chair give him bites, put some on the tray for him to slap around (sensory stimulation I call it 😋) and I give him his own little spoon so he thinks he’s feeding himself. Like a previous poster said food before one is just for fun. Of course I do the, add one new food a week or so but I always start off w one meal a day and I always do breakfast as that meal. As baby is at 2+ meals a day I let him nibble on real solids I’m eating like banana or something soft that’s he’s tried purée before. My first couple things that I let baby eat as a real solid that he can pick up n munch on is either avocado or eggs since they’re both soft n babies seem to love eggs. Usually for my kids once babies try real solids they aren’t much into purée anymore. It doesn’t matter about ur routine yet. Just pick a meal, always feed milk first and let em try foods out once a day to start. Good luck!

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I have a deep rooted fear of choking so if you mean solid solids I’m not the one to look at. But we feed the normal milk in the morning and then after some time has passed he gets oatmeal with puréed fruit in it. Throughout the day he’ll get some puffs and if I’m feeling risky some actual food that I’m having (mostly eggs). But only a little of it. Sometimes in the evening while we eat dinner he’ll get a puréed vegetable.

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I give my daughter whatever we are eating that is soft. Fruit, grits, hummus, avocado, cooked veggies, smoothie and I let her taste most things. No schedule.. just whenever we eat

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I gave my lo the same I’m having at the table. If I’m eating something he can’t have I give him a banana or pear sliced up. Whatever I have around. Yesterday we had Shepard’s pie and he liked the beef and the peas best. I just give small pieces, not puréed. He hated when I tried purées.

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I started out w lunch time first. Lunch worked for my schedule and it also allowed me enough time to watch for allergies, like developing a rash. I gave vegetables first- sweet potato, butternut squash, acorn squash, green beans. I steamed and puréed in a food processor. I fed this for about a week. Then added steamed and lightly salted puréed chicken. The following week, I then did lunch and dinner. Then the following week I added breakfast. Breakfast is usually baby cereal and puréed fruit, like bananas, pears, or blueberries. Each meal is about 1-2 ounces of food. And from a cup, no more than an ounce of water. None of this is met to full baby up, but rather get him used to moving food in his mouth, get used to flavors, and developing a meal routine w parents.

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“Food before one is just for fun”. 
Dont stress yourself out ☺️. Breast milk has so much nutrition! Guideline is to attempt solid food about one hour after taking in breast milk. I often try to feed LO some solids in the afternoon/evening.

Solids routine while ebf! help?

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