what is or will be babies first food??

krys2729

besides rice cereal or oatmeal, what did you or will you give DC for their first veggie/fruit and why? 

we aren't starting solids quite yet, but i did get a food processor for christmas and was thinking i'd make a few batches for the first few weeks.  i have been doing a little reading and am undecided between sweet potatoes and avacado.

Amy Schramm

Sweet potatoes.  We're not making ours and we're using Earth's Best and it seems like most books I read recommend sweet potatoes at an early age.

krys2729

so have you tried yet??  if so, how did it go?

MiracleFox

We did both cereals, he hated it! ?He likes the oatmeal better though. ?Then we did bananas - he LOVES bananas! ?After that avocado - at first he didn't like them but now he sort of likes them. ?He'll eat them. ?And just today, we started apples. ?Next, I'm doing sweet potatoes and depending on how he does with those, we'll do acorn squash or pears. ?He LOVES to eat! ?He doesn't eat too much at a time, but when I start to get him ready, he squeals with joy and kicks his legs like crazy. ?It's been fun so far.

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adhenash

we are going to skip cereal and start with avocado. we are going to try to start after she is 6 months.

Valentine99

bananas; no rice or oatmeal

It went really well. We started solids the week of Thanksgiving and she eats applesauce, prunes, bananas, sweet potato, carrots, green beans, peas, pears, and we still have not given her cereal. I am not gunho against cereals, but haven't found much good about the cereals...constipation etc. I'd rather giver her the foods that provide her with the nutrition she needs. My opinion and it's working well for her.

faBriezy

DS has tried oatmeal, pears, prunes, sweet potatoes, bananas, and avocado- in that order. DS did NOT like the pears or prunes, seemed sort of neutral to the sweet potatoes, and really liked the banana and avocado. All was homemade (except the oatmeal) and I think he liked the texture of the mushed up stuff better than the purees so Im going to try sweet potato again but more smushed up not totally pureed and see how that goes. I only give a little oatmeal mixed with the other stuff because DS tends to get consitpated.

mdlw07

DS eats rice cereal mixed with apple juice right now (helps for his constipation). In a couple weeks I'll probably introduce peas then sweat potatoes. Later on, we'll try fruit. I plan on making all of his food - we'll see! I'm hoping he likes peas!

C Bear E

We are starting sweet potato in a few days. We will follow that up with a fruit after 7 days.?

We went with sweet potato since we know ds is prone to allergies (he already had an allergic reaction to formula) and allergies to sweet potato are not very common. I also thought orange would be a fun color.?