Do you give solids before milk?

[mum2bee]

Just wondering when you give your bub solids, is it before milk?

[delirium]

My boy is nearly 6 months, and he will always have a bottle before a feed. At this age, breast/bottle should be offered first and solids a top up. Hope that helps :)

[Kiana's Mum]

Yes so they don't fill up on milk but sometimes I do it the other way around as my daughter is not too fussed on bottles and I need to try and get her to drink more than she does.

[Sarieslittlemen]

We've always done solids first. DS3 is nearly 10 months and he'll have solids for breaky lunch and tea. He has his bottle before he has his sleeps, which are still 3 a day.

[delirium]

I should have added that it depends on the age of the child. Being in the april to june 07 thread, I thought your child was quite young. Obviously as they get older, solids should form the biggest part of their meals.

[Sarieslittlemen]

I should have added that it depends on the age of the child. Being in the april to june 07 thread, I thought your child was quite young. Obviously as they get older, solids should form the biggest part of their meals.

Even when DS3 was starting with solids (and we did the same for all our boys) we offered them solids first to have a taste and get used to the idea of food, as we always have given them a bottle before putting them to bed.:yes:
Everyone has different ideas, there are no right or wrong answers:yes:, just what works for you

[metalhead713]

well my bubs is only 5 and a bit months (ok I WAS meant to be a june mummy lol but she came almost 2 weeks late into july) So I offer her the milk feed first, its the most important thing up to around 12 months (or is it earlier? O_o?)

[eeyorethedonkey21]

i always give solids first. but there is no right or wrong way its entirely up to you.

[Hokey Pokey]

Ebony has a little bit of bottle just because if I try to feed solids while she is starving she get's too impatient lol.

[Mrs Little]

Most research states that milk should be offered first before solids, until at least 9 months of age. (I made my switch just after 10 months of age with DS1).

Some research also states that after 7 or 8 months, you can offer the bottle, and if they don't take it all, then offer solids. Then offer the rest of the bottle afterwards.

It is up to the individual parent as to how and exactly when they want to do it. But obviously milk should be their main diet for a while. So try not to fill them up on solids.

I offer bottles and solids in the same meal time (whether milk first or not) because i didn't want my boys snack feeding. I wanted to teach their metabolism to match meal times, for when milk is no longer the main part of their meal. However, i have heard of people waiting 30mins after milk or after solids to give the other.

HTH.

Mrs Little & Sons.

[0BleSseD0]

It does depend what milk you are talking about..
If you are asking whether to introduce cows milk before solids then I would definetly say solids.

BUT if you are asking in which ORDER it goes, I would always say milk feed before solid feed.
But it is up to you, both options are fine.

[Sheer Bliss]

I voted Yes, but meant to vote No - oops. MOST of the time he gets his mil first. IT there was other i'd have put that, as it is changing ATM.

Up until 12months, they get most of their nutrition from their milk, so we stick to giving DS boobie before his food. Now he is almost 12months, he is sometimes wanting lunch before milk. Esp if we are out, he will just bite me if I offer boob. Once he gets a bit sleepy he realises he hasn't had boob & wants it then, after he has eaten lunch. He has also dropped his late afternoon feed (used to be around 4-4:30 after his nap), so now he gets his dinner before his night-time milk too.

IMO it is preferrable to give them milk first up until about the 9month mark if they are not big milk drinkers. Milk is easy to digest, so if they have that first there will be room for solids an hour or so later. Solids take longer to digest, so if they fill-up on them, there will not be as much room for milk later and they may miss out on vital nutrition. If you have a piggy (like DS) and they take both redily, or are older, then order is not as important. Just to repeat I said preferrable, NOT right. If one way works better for you, and bubs is doing well, then it is the right way for you.

[~Temet Nosce~]

well my bubs is only having 3 bottles a day now..
she has her morning bottle first thing, and brekky an hour later, but for the rest of the day her solids are before her bottles. Shes 9 months.
oops, just seen this is in the april-june group :o

[forbetoel]

I give solids first.

[Freya]

Always boob before.:yes:

Only way to keep my milk supply up, he doesn't have a huge feed though he never does anymore just a drink then its food time.

[SammiJane]

Jacob is lucky to have 3 bottles a day now so food always comes first for him....

[michellea75]

I voted yes but lately I have been giving DS his bottle first (as he's been waking at around 6am & usually goes back to sleep) then breakfast when he wakes again. Lunch & dinner are solid first then milk.

[MilkOnTap]

I think its still recommended (til 12 months) to always offer breast/bottle before solids. At least thats what the nurse at Karitane told me.

[forbetoel]

I think its still recommended (til 12 months) to always offer breast/bottle before solids. At least thats what the nurse at Karitane told me.

It proabally is....but I don't tend to not take notice of what is recommended.:o:devil6:

My kids were not the greatest eaters, but were great drinkers, so it made sense to me to try and get them to eat while hungry as they would BF regardless. Recommendations are just what works for the majority of babies. :)

[eeyorethedonkey21]

sometimes its not even teh majority. i hate recommendations as well 4boys2love. i say each bub is completely different to the next. u do what u're happy with and what bub is happy with. it shouldnt matter what anyone else thinks.