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01-17-2013 at 9:55 AM
palma44
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How often is your 9 month old eating solids?

I am just curious how often others 9 month olds are eating any form of solids each day? My LO is suddenly waking a lot to eat during the night and I am wondering if she is needing more during the day. I am going to try to add in an extra feeding today and see if it helps.

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01-17-2013 at 10:11 AM
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we do breakfast, lunch and dinner. I am starting to add snacks in too between lunch and dinner. DS still has 24 to 26 ounces if formula a day, but no longer eats in MOTN. That stopped the minute we went to three solid meals a day.

 
01-17-2013 at 10:22 AM
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There's a growth spurt at 9 months.  We handled it by upping the amounts of her 3 meals.  She's just barely mobile at 10.5 months and needing an evening snack, so if your 9 mo. is moving around a lot I would think even 3 meals plus a snack is totally within reason.


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01-17-2013 at 10:28 AM
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9 months is when our pedi gave the OK to move to 3 meals a day plus snacks when we thought he was hungry so that's what we did! There is a growth spurt around that time too like PP's said.


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01-17-2013 at 11:02 AM
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We do three meals and sometimes snacks. He still takes about 25 oz a day in formula. We usually do about 4 oz of purees in the morning and evening with a little bit of finger food and only finger food for lunch. He isn't super big on finger foods so he doesn't get a ton of food when he is feeding himself. He does sttn but last week woke up several times and needed help settling. I figure it was a growth spurt or somehow related to him learning how to pull up on everything and climb. Either way he seems to be back to normal now.

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01-17-2013 at 11:41 AM
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E is ten months, but only just. She gets yogurt in the morning, then a 6 oz bottle of formula, lunch (solid, whatever they give her at DC, usually plain pasta or something she can mash with only two teeth), another bottle of formula at 2pm, a fruit puree as a snack around 3-4, something for dinner that I try to get in her before she gets cranky and wants to go to sleep since we don't get home until 5 ish, and then another bottle around six when she goes to sleep. Sometimes, she will want to sleep without dinner. Then we wake her at ten to give her the last bottle so that she gets enough "nutrients" and water, but she has been really cranky when we wake her, or has STTN when we have failed to wake up, so she might be ready to give up that bottle. She also gets cheerios or yogurt melts or such throughout the day if she gets a bit peckish. And a sippy cup with water whenever she wants, or we think she may want it. I think all that solid food is holding her over. Try giving LO oatmeal as a last meal. That stuff seems to keep them full for a while. Not the oatmeal you put in their bottle, but actual oatmeal with fruit or whatever. She is mobile, so burns through a lot of calories, if that makes any difference.


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01-17-2013 at 12:21 PM
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DS just turned 10 months a few days ago but he has been getting solids 3x a day. He takes a bottle 4 times and gets a total of 28oz. of formula a day.

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01-17-2013 at 12:38 PM
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Thank you for your replies! DD had only been getting solids twice a day but I was planning on trying 3 times today, I am really hopping that will help her get through the night :) We have her 9 month pedi apt this weekend, I am hopping for some input on what kinds of new foods and snacks we can let her start trying.

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01-17-2013 at 1:07 PM
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We were doing 2 meals a week ago but she was waking up during the night. Adding the third meal really helped and she's been STTN ever since. Hope it sticks.

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01-17-2013 at 2:01 PM
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We do three solid food meals a day (8am, 11am, and 5pm), a snack @ DC at 2:30, and maybe a snack in the evening around 7pm.  DD is fed 25oz of breast milk/formula (5oz at 5am, 3oz with solid food meals, 5oz at snack time, and 6 oz before bed).  She has not woken for a MOTN feeding since 7 months of age.  She is now starting to be more mobile, so we are playing with meal amounts to see what works.  Hope this helps!


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01-17-2013 at 4:06 PM
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Peepp79:
We were doing 2 meals a week ago but she was waking up during the night. Adding the third meal really helped and she's been STTN ever since. Hope it sticks.

 This was us too... once we went to 3 meals a day she stopped waking up.  I was holding off on adding that 3rd meal bc LO is not a big eater, and it took her quite awhile to be able to eat 3 meals a day plus enough formula.  Even now I see PP saying their kids eat 3 meals, sometimes snacks, and like 25oz a day... she averages maybe 18oz a day.  But she has never been a big eater and is hitting her growth curve so I'm not worried.  Pedi said at the 9 month to keep her on 16oz a day or more until she is a year so at least we are getting that.


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01-17-2013 at 9:13 PM
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L has been doing 3 meals plus snacks for a few weeks now. She eats table food but I also give her a purée to make sure she gets enough, a lot doesn't make it into her mouth. 

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