February 2013 Moms
Christee25
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taking a poll
Christee25
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My LO will be 4 months in a week and a half. I'm still so very undecided about starting solids. I have researched the heck out of this topic, learned about risks and benefits, talked w/ DS pedi, and discussed at length with DH. LO seems ready and I'm thinking of giving it a whirl. I'm just wandering what all you other moms have decided. So I'm taking a poll.....please tell me at how many months you will be starting solids at? TIA!
ETA 2 peds and our neighbor who is a pediatric nurse for 20 years all say 4 months is fine. That is enough for DH but I highly value your opinions!!
ETA 2 peds and our neighbor who is a pediatric nurse for 20 years all say 4 months is fine. That is enough for DH but I highly value your opinions!!
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6+ months. LO1 was 6months for cereal and 7 for fruit/veggie. I'll probably skip cereal and start food at 7 mo. Maybe partial BLW and partial purees. I go back to work at 6 mo though and if he won't take a bottle then we might do solids at 6 mo.
Eryn we started at six months. We have now switched her to table food at seven months, she did a puree strike. I had planned on doing BLW with her, but chickened out at the last minute
Mallorie we are doing BLW with.
I have a Daughter born 2/26/2013. She is pretty much amazing!
After the NY Times article a few weeks back I've decided to stick with 6 months.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/health/many-babies-fed-solid-food-too-soon-cdc-finds.html?_r=0
Eta at the earliest
Derek - February 2013 Caelyn April 2011
First round of Clomid in May 2012= BFP #1, DD born January 2013
BFP #2 in January 2014, DS born September 2014
This time I'm secretly hoping it helps his reflux.
My pedi is very insistent on 4 months, so we tried that with DD1 (adjusted by 6 weeks for her prematurity), and it did not go well. I ended up taking a break for a month and then trying again closer to 6 months and it went better. In the meantime, when my pedi asked, I lied and said we were feeding her solids because that was a fight I didn't want to fight.
With DD2, I'm thinking we might try BLW, but we'll see. I'm not in a hurry with the solids, so I'm just going to try to wait for her signals. Honestly, I can't imagine starting solids in 2-3 weeks, which is when she would be 4 months old. She's not even close to being ready enough.
BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
Well, you should start solids when LO is ready for them. So, follow baby's cues of readiness for solids. we started at 6 months but my LO wasn't really interested in solids. Now I use this website https://goodmomming.com to get inspired with foods for my precious.
Freya Lillian - 11/15/15
I think we will follow La Leche League's recommendation to wait until baby shows signs of being ready. I guess that's a better marker than a date since babies develop at different rates. We've also decided to skip rice cereal.
https://www.llli.org/faq/solids.html