How Many Meals?

We started doing all 3 meals (meals meaning something other than breastfeeding or formula) and 2 snacks around 10 months old when we started introducing some of the mushy solids and chunkier purees. I think any time around a year is probably appropriate, it kind of depends on your child. If they're getting breakfast and dinner but it seems like they're still fussy in the afternoon even with snack and nursing/formula then it's time to add that third meal.

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pretty much eating good food and drinking breast milk on demand until a year. They do a lot of growing the first year.

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Per us and our Pediatrician:

Solids for the 1st year, is only an introduction to 'eating.'
A baby this age does not have to eat, 3 meals a day like an adult.

ALWAYS, nurse or give baby Formula, BEFORE solids. Otherwise a baby will be too full to nurse. And a baby will wean from breast.

Still nurse, primarily and on-demand. 24/7. and especially at Growth-spurts. 6 months is a growth-spurt time, and every 3 months.

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

Solids, is not a nutritionally dense food, as breastmilk/Formula is.

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i will not worry about how many meals he have at that age because he need to drink milk every 4 hours and some snacks or your 2 meals are good

My son started doing 3 meals when he was about 7 months. But if I saw that he wouldn't drunk as much formula I would lower it. Try it out and see how it goes. :)

Zero "meals". He should not be eating hardly any solids at this time. He is still really young for anything except cereal and a few spoonfuls of stage 1 or stage 2 baby foods a few times per day. The only reason to feed him solids at this time is to teach him to chew and swallow foods. Until he is about 10 months old he really just needs the breast milk and not many solids at all.

Around 12 months IF you transition him to regular whole milk then he should be eating the stage 3 foods or regular table food more.

Just remember that the bulk of his nutrition should come from breastmilk or formula until he is one year old. Other than that, if he'll eat then you can go ahead and feed him all three meals. It would be good to get him used to mealtimes :)

I breastfed all my kids exclusive and at 6 months introduced cereal about once a day - usually in the evenings. I started intruducing other foods around 8 months and started two meals a day. I would say it wasn't until they were almost a year that they had three meals on a consistent basis.

It is interesting that you said "since he has to eat solids now". He does not HAVE to have solids. If you are exclusively BF and he is maintaining his weight and growth, you are still good to go with BF only. (nutritionally perfect food) For our son, we followed the route of waiting for "readiness" - when he reached for our plates and acted interested. It turned out to be about 8 1/2, 9 months and then it was just a little snack here and there. But, of course, every family is different and has different factors to consider... daycare vs stay at home, the need for a stricter schedule, etc. Good luck with what you decide!!

Are you talking about breastmilk/formula? Or solid foods? For solid food, I'd say you're doing just fine with breakfast and dinner. For milk, I'd say whenever he's hungry - usually about every 4 hours at this age.