Adding in solid-food snacks?
I’m an at-home, nursing mom, and my little guy has settled into a nice pattern of breastfeeding 6+ times a day (first thing in the morning, bedtime, and before and after his two naps). He also generally enjoys joint me at the table for 3 meals a day. But now, as we’re approaching the 1-year mark, I want to follow local (Canadian) recommendations to also offer solid-food snacks 2-3 times a day. And I’m struggling to see how it all fits in. Have you solved this?
Here’s our current schedule:
7am up, breastfeed
~8am breakfast
~9:30am breastfeed
10am nap
11:30am breastfeed
~12pm lunch
~2pm breastfeed
~2:30 nap
~4pm breastfeed
~5:30-6pm supper
~7pm breastfeed
8pm asleep
Meals take at least 30 minutes, plus usually a full change of clothes. More solids seem to mean less playtime, since I won’t let him run around with spoons or food in his mouth. Thoughts?
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