Feeding carrots at 6 months?

Rosieoutlook

We just started feeding solids in the past few weeks. I'm making our baby food and usually look at the website Wholesome Babyfoods to get ideas. I bought carrots yesterday to make and then read on the site that they recommend waiting until 7 months for carrots due to nitrates. On another page, it says the chance of nitrates causing a problem from carrots is 0.

Have you fed your little one carrots or did you at 6 months or before? Has anyone had any talk with their pedi about this? 

I'm leaning towards making and feeding the carrots but just wondered what you all have done.

JinglesChic

We've fed carrots, but the baby jar version. I read that it's better to use jarred since the companies screen for nitrites. I don't know when you can make your own though. 

SnowflakeBaby2009

We started solids at 4 months and Pedi approved carrots as one of his first foods at 4 months, so I think you're fine at 6.

sharmurph18

We fed Max carrots as one of his first foods at around 5 months.  I made them myself and just took care to not use the same water that I used to steam them when thinning them out.  Our Pedi said that was fine!

Abinormal

We only give her jarred carrots because the baby food companies use carrots that are free of nitrates. Our pediatrician told us to not make carrot pur?e at home.

stephanielynn33

I had no idea of any of this...We made our own carrots and fed them to Mina around 5 months.

Rosieoutlook

This is the article if anyone is interested.

We do buy organic veggies.

mistywhite400

sharmurph18:

We fed Max carrots as one of his first foods at around 5 months.  I made them myself and just took care to not use the same water that I used to steam them when thinning them out.  Our Pedi said that was fine!

exactly this

OhioBobcat

DS has boiled carrot sticks. I've never been told anything about waiting on carrots.