When to start solids adjusted or actual?

nasmith882

I am so unsure...he is taking 7-8 oz bottles and at times still seems hungry.  What did you ladies do? started solids at the adjusted or actual age?

pmkmp

Sounds like he might be ready for some solids.  With Aubrey we've been closer to her actual age for the feeding schedule.  It was clear she was ready.  She's done much better with solids than she ever has with her bottle.  She loves them!

jehprb

We waited until he was 6 months adjusted - sure he was drinking tons of formula and showing signs of readiness before that but we (my husband, myself, our ped., and the nutritionist) still thought it was best to wait because acting ready didn't mean his digestive system was.  I'm glad we waited :-)

TripMomma

We did very runny baby oatmeal a couple times a week at 6mo actual, but nothing else until 6mo adjusted.

lemen99

we started solids at 6 months actual (3 months adjusted) at oatmeal 1/day, and now at 6 months adjusted we're doing fruits/veggies/oatmeal 3x/day!

meldoo2002

Our pedi was ok with us starting solids at 6 months actual.  They seemed ready by then and when we started they did great.  We've moved right along really smoothly.  How many bottles is he taking?  Ours were getting 5 8oz. bottles, but were never finishing them.  We ended up going down to 4 bottles and adding meals in between and now they take the 8oz. most of the time.  

christiney06

we started at 6 months actual also.  he has done really well with everything we've tried so far and is still nursing like a champ too. 

FutureMrsCuoghi

Katie is just about your LO's age.  Our pedi told us that we're starting solids based on actual age.  We've been doing cereal for a bit now (our pedi puts babies on cereal at 4-4.5 mos) and we're getting ready to start veggies this weekend.  Talk to your pedi and see what they reccomend.