Does it matter what time of day we start our babies off on solid food?

Question

This may be a dumb question, but I want to be there when my baby starts eating solids. I work til 6 pm so I want to start in the evening. Does it matter what time of day we do this?

Answer

Personally I wouldn't start in the evenings bc if you have a good sleeper now introducing some foods could cause an upset tummy, gas, or just new digestive issues as they start to process solids and disrupt the sleep.  I found this out by going too late with our last solid meal of the day when we first started.  We started in the mornings, and then at first never did solids after 4pm bc he would get a little gassy from certain things.  Now at 1 we're basically all solids but that's that's how it started for us.

Answer

I said no, but now that I think about it - it might not be a good idea. I say this only bc you want to watch for allergic reactions and you wouldn't want that to happen at night while he's sleeping in case he has a bad reaction. Chances are he won't have any reactions, but I don't think it's worth the risk.

Answer

I think it's generally better to start earlier in the day as it'll give their tummy time to settle before bed- but if it's your only option don't worry too much.

I just made sure that it was a time of day when my son wasn't tired, was generally happy and it was far enough from a feed for him to want something but he wasn't hungry as such.

Does it matter what time of day we start our babies off on solid food?

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