Yeah my guy is like @ksimo6 .... Pounding 45 oz a day...... Even with solids. Last night when he was conveniently NOT sleeping all night he ate 4 - 5 oz bottles overnight. Bah.
Yes! I am convinced we are in a growth spurt over here and she is going to wake up 6 in taller tomorrow with how much she's been eating. She was up several times last night absolutely starving even though she ate a ton all day.
Same here. Nursing a ton at night. He's actually been slimming down recently. We just went back down a size. Trying to move must make him hungry. He's not ingesting enough solids to make a difference calorie wise.
No change with eating just loving her solids (all 3 things she eats!). My mom got her a pear squeeze pouch for Xmas and she got a rash and diarrhea 3 hours after eating it so..we'll try again another time.
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
@Sjeff0816 I asked my pediatrician and she looked at me like I was crazy... She said just to wait for the year.... Where was it that the recommendations changed?
I asked my ped and she was like "I don't even know what to tell you anymore. You can if you want." So yeah, I have no idea. I think maybe I'll try it at 8 months or so.
Eta: I don't think the official recommendations changed.
I don't think anyone knows what to do with peanut butter anymore. I feel like each pediatrician has their own beliefs/recommendations despite what research says. I'll start peanut butter soon.
What did our parents do with us with peanut butter? There are nowhere near as many peanut allergies in our age group or older people.
I did start and we have no issues, but there's no food allergy issues in either family. Our ped did recommend we start this at the 4 month appt. LO doesn't mind, but isn't thrilled with the stickiness.
How do we all feel about the honey rule? Because I was doing my 6m pedi appt questionnaire, and there was specifically a question about if LO could pick up an object the size of a cheerio or pea. Which I hadn't tried at all, so I had to buy some Cheerios, but I know I wouldn't eat plain cheerios, so I got honey nut cheerios. But then I was too afraid to let LO put it in his mouth because 1) honey and 2) nuts and 3) choking hazard. He did pick it up tho
On the peanut butter question, I feel like I remember my mom telling me she had most definitely done pb before 1 year.
I asked my pedi about peanut butter. His response?
"I hate it when people ask me a question I don't know the answer to."
He said he's read both studies--the first, which said to hold off on peanut butter, and the second, which said early introduction is best. He said neither study has enough evidence, in his eyes, to refute the other. Thus, he does not know.
We have done peanut butter a couple times. Jiff Natural. I have done a small dollop in his cheek, but had more success mixing it with mashed banana, which I've done a couple times.
I recently read anything but honey is now fair game before one year. We aren't doing Baby Led Weaning, so I'm wondering how to do meat or egg so that LO doesn't choke?
I am interested in BLW but haven't read the book and am wondering if it's too late since we are doing mashes and puréed foods? He also eats rice crackers (for babies, quick dissolving) and teething biscuits, so I guess not all mashed foods. He loves to be in charge of his own eating, so I'd like to give him that with BLW if it's not too late.
We have done peanut butter a couple times. Jiff Natural. I have done a small dollop in his cheek, but had more success mixing it with mashed banana, which I've done a couple times.
I recently read anything but honey is now fair game before one year. We aren't doing Baby Led Weaning, so I'm wondering how to do meat or egg so that LO doesn't choke?
I am interested in BLW but haven't read the book and am wondering if it's too late since we are doing mashes and puréed foods? He also eats rice crackers (for babies, quick dissolving) and teething biscuits, so I guess not all mashed foods. He loves to be in charge of his own eating, so I'd like to give him that with BLW if it's not too late.
We have done peanut butter a couple times. Jiff Natural. I have done a small dollop in his cheek, but had more success mixing it with mashed banana, which I've done a couple times.
I recently read anything but honey is now fair game before one year. We aren't doing Baby Led Weaning, so I'm wondering how to do meat or egg so that LO doesn't choke?
I am interested in BLW but haven't read the book and am wondering if it's too late since we are doing mashes and puréed foods? He also eats rice crackers (for babies, quick dissolving) and teething biscuits, so I guess not all mashed foods. He loves to be in charge of his own eating, so I'd like to give him that with BLW if it's not too late.
I'm with you on this! My LO loves food but hates being fed! BLW might be the way to go but I don't know much and might have missed my opportunity
He also eats rice crackers (for babies, quick dissolving) and teething biscuits, so I guess not all mashed foods.
I cannot find any of these anywhere. I have checked the baby aisle in my local grocery, and the baby food aisles in both Target or Walmart. Are you giving something that is meant for a baby more 'advanced' than yours? Because if I follow the recommendations on the packaging, the youngest developmental stage available is 'crawling'. And everything else is for toddlers or 1 year +. I'd really like to give him something to hold and mouth on, but everything seems to be made for babies older than him
He also eats rice crackers (for babies, quick dissolving) and teething biscuits, so I guess not all mashed foods.
I cannot find any of these anywhere. I have checked the baby aisle in my local grocery, and the baby food aisles in both Target or Walmart. Are you giving something that is meant for a baby more 'advanced' than yours? Because if I follow the recommendations on the packaging, the youngest developmental stage available is 'crawling'. And everything else is for toddlers or 1 year +. I'd really like to give him something to hold and mouth on, but everything seems to be made for babies older than him
They're both for 6+ months. The rice crackers are from MIL from Big Lots ($0.65/box - I need to go buy out the place) and the teething biscuits are all organic crap, banana flavor, also 6+ months, from Kroger. They were much more expensive ($3-5?) and he likes them a lot less.
@mellymar we use a brand called "happy baby organic teethers" and she really loves them. I just got them at our local grocery store. The box just says "sitting baby." We don't technically sit up yet, but she can sit in the bumbo, so I count that.
Here is the picture of the box. I found them on amazon, but they were like $15. . . I definitely didn't pay that much at the grocery store.
My question about BLW is: is it more about them feeding themselves, or about eating things that are not purees? Or both? She seems to love holding food and feeding herself, so I have given her things like the teething crackers, or cucumber slices to suck on, or the squeeze pouch purees (which made a big mess and she loved it)
Are there other things she can "feed" herself that she won't choke on? I guess that's the same question everyone else has already asked.
@mellymar Target has baby mum mums. They are great for this age.
On the BLW I think anyone can switch. They just don't always get much food in them so if they are used to purees you might not be able to drop them (if LO gets frustrated with not getting enough food).
@hudson202 Other foods - steamed zucchini sticks quartered with skin on (to hold), roasted veggie fries (sweet potato, carrot, squash, parsnip), big steamed broccoli tree (favorite here), steamed frozen asparagus (TJ's has an awesome roared one, oatmeal cake or cookies made with prunes instead of butter, toast with spread (use humus or puree, and toast it so its not choke hazard like soft bread), pineapple core sticks with some meat left on (favorite again but real pineapple makes him choke), veggie patties (basically boil, mash, and pan fry anything in potato base), whole apple peeled ( they'll just suck and munch it, bad if they have teeth, they can then bit off chunks and choke).
The choking question is hard. You just have to watch them closely and see if they can handle it. Mine both started with only finger foods so I don't know about switching. But I think if you watch them closely and see what they can handle. I stick with large things they can chew tiny bits off or suck on at first and add smaller things and more variety once I trust them. Gagging is scary but its safe and shows they are preventing choking actually. I've seen a tiny gag or two from LO but he seems to be moving slowly and figuring it out. His lack of hand control looks frustrating but he seems cool with it. We do finger foods right after milk to avoid frustration further.
BLW is all about them feeding themselves. You can switch at any time but you don't want to do a combo as that would increase the likely hood of choking. as they wouldn't be practicing chewing and swallowing that way everyday. Once they get it down you can always let them play with mashed potatoes and stuff with their fingers. I just wouldn't start with those. They may learn to use a spoon sooner too. Slightly less ripe avocados and sweet potatoes in stick (fry) form were good for us. Hard enough to be picked up whole but not a huge choking hazard. We slowed down as I'm a nervous nelly on the choking and paused totally over the holidays but since DH is the cook I'm letting him take point.
i feel like the BLW site covers most things from the book
Thanks for the replies @henrytviii@virginiaunicorn11@hudson202. It must be the curse of the small town, because my target doesn't have mum mums (I was looking specifically for those), and while one place does have happy baby stuff, they must only have the next stage up, because that was another one that was for 'crawlers'. I remember because I saw the banana and sweet potato and thought to myself 'now that sounds good. What are those?' But then put the box back because he couldn't meet the recommendations. Maybe the pieces were smaller sized, who knows. I guess I'll have to buy online, what a surprise. I'm sure my ups guy hates me
@mellymar we use a brand called "happy baby organic teethers" and she really loves them. I just got them at our local grocery store. The box just says "sitting baby." We don't technically sit up yet, but she can sit in the bumbo, so I count that.
Here is the picture of the box. I found them on amazon, but they were like $15. . . I definitely didn't pay that much at the grocery store.
LO loves these.... She grabs then as soon as I hand them to her.... It keeps her happy when we are eating dinner.
I read the BLW book but it's not working for us. The gagging made me way too nervous after he crammed a large broccoli floret in his mouth. So now I serve him soft foods in small bites and he mashes them more by the time he gets it to his mouth. I plan on putting foods that aren't soft in the food processor to make them more manageable. So far we've done butternut squash, pear, avocado, carrot, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and banana. This is just week 2.
About eggs: I plan on making them scrambled. That should be soft and easy enough for him to eat.
^^That seems weird unless there's some other medical issue. I'd think by 9 months he'd be grabbing at your food and you could stop him. I'd do what you are comfortable with. The mum mum basically dissolve in their mouths.
Just spent the afternoon making and freezing baby food.... I made a barley cereal that was a little chunky... She liked it mixed with butternut squash.
I just bought mum mums and the happy baby rusks. They are essentially the same thing. When it came down to it though, I was too afraid to give them to her. She wanted to cram it all in her mouth. It made me nervous so I took it away.
I see the 9 mo thing sometimes too... I think that is either just still going along with the old way of thinking that you HAVE to do purée first or it is referring to you giving it to the child (more then just having them take it off the plate of they want it. Just some guesses. I follow a dr blog that has his recommendations this way still but he also writes on BLW and seems to be good with the 6 mo too so who knows. I guess just do what seems right for your baby
I am making a vegetable soup for dinner... Was thinking I would throw it into a food processor and feed to LO... There are crushed tomatoes in it.... Anyone do this before?
Has anyone's lo had a reaction to avocado? We tried it for the first time on Sunday. He loved it and couldn't get enough, but 3-4 hours later he was super fussy and inconsolable. I didn't offer it to him yesterday but tried again today. Three hours later, he was screaming, couldn't settle etc... Eventually though he did have a big poop. Should I hold off on avocado for now, or was it just a coincidence? He's had oat cereal, banana, sweet potato, and acorn squash with no reactions so far.
So i asked the ped about the peanut butter thing, the honey thing (see my honey nut cheerio reference a while back), and the baby crackers (like mum mums).
He (despite being semi-retired) had read the study on introducing peanut butter before 1 year of age, and found it 'very interesting, very compelling'. He said he liked to meet in the middle and try peanut butter around 9m. So I may not be off to try pb right away, but I may try it before 9m as long as my DH is home just in case we have some kind of reaction. I'm pretty flexible on this.
For honey, he actually said that something like a honey nut cheerio would be OK, because the honey was cooked. But PP was also right - honey nut cheerios have a lot of sugar, so its not a healthy choice. Had he eaten one or two, no big deal, but not a good choice for when you scatter cheerios on the tray for them to pick up and nom.
The baby crackers he was all for, as long as (of course) you were watching closely to prevent choking. Even if they seemed to be the next stage beyond, so I can use the crackers meant for 'crawlers' even tho LO isn't crawling at all yet.
Side note - he also said that we could step up to using the stage 2 purées, as well, to try something a little thicker. And for meats he said he guessed those canned meats tasted like crap, because they certainly smell like crap. He said instead just cook up a chicken breast and blend it with maybe some rice or vegetables to thicken, or add water or formula to thin.
I also asked about the whole 'food before one is just for fun' and he said he knew that was what they recommended, but that most of the time it wasn't reality.
He also recommended sippy cups around 9m, kind of how we discussed solids at his 4m appt. He wasn't expecting us to start right away, but that by the next appt we would probably have tried sippy cups already. He did say that he usually wanted babies to be done with bottles by 1 year - I guess its not good for their teeth.
So that's all the food related stuff we talked about. As always, I'm just going to kinda feel my way along and go with my level of comfort and intuition. Its interesting to read everybody else's food related discussions with their pedi's
Re: Feeding LO - December
Last night when he was conveniently NOT sleeping all night he ate 4 - 5 oz bottles overnight. Bah.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-finds-peanut-consumption-infancy-prevents-peanut-allergy
I asked my ped and she was like "I don't even know what to tell you anymore. You can if you want." So yeah, I have no idea. I think maybe I'll try it at 8 months or so.
Eta: I don't think the official recommendations changed.
What did our parents do with us with peanut butter? There are nowhere near as many peanut allergies in our age group or older people.
He did pick it up tho
On the peanut butter question, I feel like I remember my mom telling me she had most definitely done pb before 1 year.
"I hate it when people ask me a question I don't know the answer to."
He said he's read both studies--the first, which said to hold off on peanut butter, and the second, which said early introduction is best. He said neither study has enough evidence, in his eyes, to refute the other. Thus, he does not know.
I recently read anything but honey is now fair game before one year. We aren't doing Baby Led Weaning, so I'm wondering how to do meat or egg so that LO doesn't choke?
I am interested in BLW but haven't read the book and am wondering if it's too late since we are doing mashes and puréed foods? He also eats rice crackers (for babies, quick dissolving) and teething biscuits, so I guess not all mashed foods. He loves to be in charge of his own eating, so I'd like to give him that with BLW if it's not too late.
Here is the picture of the box. I found them on amazon, but they were like $15. . . I definitely didn't pay that much at the grocery store.
Are there other things she can "feed" herself that she won't choke on? I guess that's the same question everyone else has already asked.
On the BLW I think anyone can switch. They just don't always get much food in them so if they are used to purees you might not be able to drop them (if LO gets frustrated with not getting enough food).
@hudson202 Other foods - steamed zucchini sticks quartered with skin on (to hold), roasted veggie fries (sweet potato, carrot, squash, parsnip), big steamed broccoli tree (favorite here), steamed frozen asparagus (TJ's has an awesome roared one, oatmeal cake or cookies made with prunes instead of butter, toast with spread (use humus or puree, and toast it so its not choke hazard like soft bread), pineapple core sticks with some meat left on (favorite again but real pineapple makes him choke), veggie patties (basically boil, mash, and pan fry anything in potato base), whole apple peeled ( they'll just suck and munch it, bad if they have teeth, they can then bit off chunks and choke).
The choking question is hard. You just have to watch them closely and see if they can handle it. Mine both started with only finger foods so I don't know about switching. But I think if you watch them closely and see what they can handle. I stick with large things they can chew tiny bits off or suck on at first and add smaller things and more variety once I trust them. Gagging is scary but its safe and shows they are preventing choking actually. I've seen a tiny gag or two from LO but he seems to be moving slowly and figuring it out. His lack of hand control looks frustrating but he seems cool with it. We do finger foods right after milk to avoid frustration further.
i feel like the BLW site covers most things from the book
So far we've done butternut squash, pear, avocado, carrot, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and banana. This is just week 2.
About eggs: I plan on making them scrambled. That should be soft and easy enough for him to eat.
He (despite being semi-retired) had read the study on introducing peanut butter before 1 year of age, and found it 'very interesting, very compelling'. He said he liked to meet in the middle and try peanut butter around 9m. So I may not be off to try pb right away, but I may try it before 9m as long as my DH is home just in case we have some kind of reaction. I'm pretty flexible on this.
For honey, he actually said that something like a honey nut cheerio would be OK, because the honey was cooked. But PP was also right - honey nut cheerios have a lot of sugar, so its not a healthy choice. Had he eaten one or two, no big deal, but not a good choice for when you scatter cheerios on the tray for them to pick up and nom.
The baby crackers he was all for, as long as (of course) you were watching closely to prevent choking. Even if they seemed to be the next stage beyond, so I can use the crackers meant for 'crawlers' even tho LO isn't crawling at all yet.
Side note - he also said that we could step up to using the stage 2 purées, as well, to try something a little thicker. And for meats he said he guessed those canned meats tasted like crap, because they certainly smell like crap. He said instead just cook up a chicken breast and blend it with maybe some rice or vegetables to thicken, or add water or formula to thin.
I also asked about the whole 'food before one is just for fun' and he said he knew that was what they recommended, but that most of the time it wasn't reality.
He also recommended sippy cups around 9m, kind of how we discussed solids at his 4m appt. He wasn't expecting us to start right away, but that by the next appt we would probably have tried sippy cups already. He did say that he usually wanted babies to be done with bottles by 1 year - I guess its not good for their teeth.
So that's all the food related stuff we talked about. As always, I'm just going to kinda feel my way along and go with my level of comfort and intuition. Its interesting to read everybody else's food related discussions with their pedi's