May 2011 Moms
Anxiety over Pedi visit. Cereal at 4 mos?
LO had his 4 month check up and shots this morning and he dropped a little on his percentile for weight. The pedi thinks we should start him on cereal and then on purees in a couple weeks. I was hoping to wait until at least 6 months and do the BLW method, skipping cereals altogether. We EBF.
DH is on board and I want LO to be healthy, but I am so nervous about starting so early. Will spoon feeding the cereal mess with BLW?
Anyone else in my boat or have any advice?
This discussion has been closed.
Re: Anxiety over Pedi visit. Cereal at 4 mos?
It's okay to disregard a pedi's advice in favor of your own research. I feel like that needs to be repeated on this board... So, It's okay to disregard a pedi's advice in favor of your own research.
I do think pedi's have some good advice in some regards, but I don't think they quite understand their (overly paranoid) audience.
Do what you are most comfortable with.
Nobody ever has to follow the advice of a doctor. It's advice.
Did you talk to your doctor about your feelings and desire to wait on giving any forms of solids?
Our ped said to start cereals at 4 mos because DD was eating 10 ozs more a day than most babies her size/age. DH and I are waiting until we fell comfortable giving her cereal/solids.
My Birth Story
I just responded to someone's post about the same thing on 3-6.
Pedi suggested offering purees after feedings to up calories b/c LO jumped to 75th for length and dropped to 40th for weight. I was worked up about it and the ladies on here all told me not to do anything I wasn't comfortable with. This was probably the best advice I got!
I waited a few days and felt better about it so I offered some purees, but he's not interested. He'll eat it off his hands, so I let him do that. And, occasionally, he'll grab at something off our plates and I let him do that (he, apparently loves beans, he kept sticking his fingers in the and licking it off over and over again).
He doesn't want to eat from a spoon, so I'm not going to try again for a few weeks.
I kind of feel like his tasting from his hands is in the same spirit as BLW, so maybe that's why I'm feeling better about it? Realistically though, I doubt he's getting many calories from it.
Anyway, maybe ask your pedi if you can come in for a weight check in a couple weeks? If LO really is dropping in weight significantly then maybe you can reevaluate then. But like everyone said- don't do anything you're not comfortable with.
I think the percentile dropping is something to pay close attention too and lets face it, have any of us really been able to stick to exactly what we 'pictured' for our LO's? So if you have to introduce purees for health reasons, it's not going to change who he grows up to be.
But I still agree with PP, do what YOU feel comfortable with, not always exactly what your pedi says.
I agree with you. You don't have to follow your pedi's advice. Can you get more milk into him during the day?
I agree with you. You don't have to follow your pedi's advice. Can you get more milk into him during the day?
with my DD1 - she went from 30th to 8th. Pedi assured me that bm is total nutrition. We were also dealing with dairy/soy issues. We delayed any solids until 7 months.
Remember 5th percentile means that out of his age, 95% of kids weigh more. Those charts don't mean you need to hit 50%. Also, it may be a short lag and then a growth spurt....so unless it is a trend to keep losing weight and missing milestones, I would not worry about it.
I know - easier said then done. But after worrying for a long time with DD1. She is happy, healthy, and thriving at 60% height and 8th% for weight. She just has a great metabolism,