did they have your preemie start solids at 4 mo still?

Qs2004

my babies were born at 29w6d. ?i am curious if the doc sill still have them start cereal at 4 mo or if they will be delayed since they were preemies?

they are growing great, they should be less than a month old and boy is already almost 12 lbs and girl is not too far behind.

?tia?

kamcfarlane

our doctor had us wait until 6 months (4 months adjusted) to start. she said there was no reason to start at 4 months, so we just waited.

TripMomma

Our Doc thought 6mo would be better, we wanted to wait until 6mo adjusted but 2 of the babies were ready at 6mo actual so that is when we started. I would NOT start at 4 mo.

Kim-n-Eric

We started around 4 1/2 months.  The pedi said that babies have to get used to the texture of foods and that starting them between 4 and 6 months is ideal. 

RCH151

we started at 6 months real age.

meldoo2002

our doctor said they don't typically start solids til 6 months but we will be talking about it at our 6 month actual age appt.

Aidge

I had Sam at 29 and 6 as well, and we didn't start cereal until 4 mo. adjusted. ?Even then he wasn't ready so we waited until 5 mo. adjusted and he did really well with it. ?We didn't start purees until 7 mo. adjusted b/c he wasn't ready for it... but all babies are different as we know! GL to you!

Mommy2Gav

I started at 4 months and he loved it immediatly. If he wouldn't have, I would have waited before trying again. 

mek10976

At our 4 month appt. the pedi said that he felt we should start around 8 months (6 mo. adjusted) to make sure DS's GI tract was mature enough.  At our 6 month appt. he said we could start since DS is now in the 75th percentile and not really preemie-ish anymore.  So far it has been going well.

mrspaul07

We started at 4 months actual.  DD had cereal in her bottles at 1 month to help with reflux.  We didn't have to do cereal at 4 months because she had already had so much of it. 

stormyjax

dr said it was uo to me and i waited til 51/2 mo actual because she didnt have good neck control at 4mo

SWMcFarland

Lily has had cereal in her bottles for a while because of reflux and our pedi recommended going ahead and starting her on oatmeal 2x per day (if she would do it) because she was eating upwards of 40 oz. per day at 3 months!  She still had rather heavy tounge-thrust at the time she wanted us to start it, so we stopped and tried again this week.  She will be 16 weeks on Sunday, and she LOVES her oatmeal.  Opens her mouth HUGE for the spoon, loves it! 

Each baby is (obviously!!) different and since we all have preemies, each of our experiences were different.  Lily never really had any eating issues, so our pedi wasn't concerned with starting her at around the 16 week mark.