7 Month Old- Solids at Night

ALWAYS nurse before solids.

For the 1st year of life, breastmilk/Formula is a baby's PRIMARY source of nutrition... NOT solids and not other liquids. This is also per our Pediatrician.

For the 1st year, solids is only an "introduction" to solids. NOT their main meal. And, they do not have to have solids, 3 times a day. It is gradually worked up to, in the year.

If you give solids before nursing... a baby will wean from breast.
They will be too full, to nurse.
Nurse before solids or just nurse.

At that age, my kids were only having solids once a day. In the morning. After nursing.

Breastmilk/Formula, should be their MAIN intake. At that age as well.

Don't 'fit in' solids. Just nurse. That is what a baby needs, primarily.

Giving solids... nurse first then wait even 1 hour later, for solids.

You said he is getting solids at Daycare for breakfast and lunch. But... what about his intake of breastmilk or Formula?
Daycare should be giving THIS to him... and on-demand. Not only the solids... nor the solids as the primary focus.
YOU as the parent, can tell them that.

Baby... does not 'need' to have solids at night for 'dinner.' Just nurse. And on-demand during the night or at wakings. Very important.

I agree that if he's satisfied and sleeping well, don't worry about more solids. If he seems to be up more and need more, then nurse, then feed at 5 then nurse before bed. Enjoy the little guy!

I wouldn't worry about it. Solids in the first year are more for practice:) My YDS wouldn't eat anything (except breastmilk) until he was 8.5 months old, then went straight to table food (cut up tiny of course). He gradually worked his way up to 3 meals a day.

S.H. said it all perfectly!

I don't think you need to worry about it. Bmilk should be the primary source of nutrition for the 1st year. At this age, they are just 'practicing' the nutritional value in whatever he is eating is little to nothing. It's getting him used to textures etc.

Now, if you guys are wanting to 'get in on the solid food feedings' as part of your bonding with your son, I think that's valid - but I wouldn't be too concerned even with that. Here would be my suggestions:

Could you give him some solids before you leave for work in the morning? Even maybe a couple spoonfuls of cereal?

You could give him 1/4 of a graham cracker 'during' the nightly routine (think.... bedtime snack).

Again - let me stress that eating solids shouldn't be your goal right now. Bmilk is best for the first year and as long as his height/weight % is stable and growing at the same rate it is fine.

Good Luck.

Susan (SH) said it best! Breastmilk is best. When he begins to need more solids in between the evening nursings he'll let you know but it won't be for awhile.

I think that is about what my daughter was doing at 7 months.

I wouldnt worry too much about it - if what you are doing now works for you, keep doing it.

I think, with my daughter, she eventually started working in a light dinner in addition to the nursing session. Once she started finger foods I would put her in a her high chair and let her work away on the cooked peas, carrots, corn mix (from the freezer section), or little pieces of bread or cold cuts. When they first start self feeding, they are not really good at it, and so i think it works well with baby food or nursing in addition.

Good luck!

He does not need 3 meals a day. I started at 6 mon with one meal (dinner). I moved to 2 meals at 8 mon. And then 3 meals at 11 mon. My baby is exclusively BF. She would just stretch the dinner nursing, instead of 3 hours, to 4 of 5 hours to fit in a dinner.

I would pump before leaving work, feed a solid at 5ish when we got home and then nurse before bed. If your wife is nursing at 5 then baby isn't getting much at 7 anyway so probably best to replace 5 nursing with food and just nurse at 7

With my both of my kids I would nurse them and then feed them some solids right after work (5-ish) if they were still hungry. Then before bed I would feed them some Gerber puffs (to get them used to picking up food more than anything), and nurse them again.

What if she feeds him solids around 5 then nurses before bed?

How about after the first nursing session of the evening? I would start with something small, maybe just one veggie.