How to start solids?

[Mel86]

Dear all,
My baby girl Chloe will be 6 months old on Monday the 12th of this month. I have started her on solid foods, only about a teaspoon on Baby cereal in the morning after her bottle.
My problem is that she really doesn't seem to interested in eating it after her bottle. She seems interested in food in general as she watches me eat, holds her own head up and shows signs of interest. But after drinking her bottle I think she may be full.

Am I feeding her at the right time? Should I be letting her have her entire bottle first or should I only be letting her have half, then a feed and then the rest of the bottle if she wants it?

Also as she is only having a teaspoon a day when do I start to increase this to two teaspoons or more a day?

Please help as my son started solid food early as he had reflux, and he took to it very very quickly. So it was much easier and quicker with him.

Thank you
Mel

[Arimeh]

I think (depending on how often she is having a bottle) you give them solids at like, an hour or hour and a half after their bottle. I would never stop half way through as milk is still their most important "food" at the moment until they are one.

As for when you increase it - I'm sure she will let you know if she is hungry for more!!

I can't help much more, I've forgotten most of it from when DS started solids, and I did BLS with DD so didn't do cereal and stuff.

[Mel86]

Thanks Arimeh
I might try that with her and see if that works better.

She has 4 bottles a day every 4 hours.
Do you think I give her only the one solid feed a day or maybe three times a day?

[Arimeh]

I think just once a day and see how it goes from there. Miss M had three meals a day from the very beginning, but she was experimenting with food, not actually eating it, so she wasn't filling up on it first