2nd Foods Question

kelleighxnicole

So I know in the gerber food stages it goes: "Supported sitter" to "Sitter" - but my son isn't quite sitting on his own yet, but is making attempts to crawl, and is getting his first tooth. I've been putting off giving him anything but purees (stage 1) but trying to gradually work in more 'food' into his diet, and found some turkey and gravy stage 2 that wasn't chunky or anything, and he loved it. I was just wondering when everyone else went to stage 2 foods? Did you actually wait til LO was sitting fully unsupported?

leneae10

Isaac was sitting up for a few seconds at a time but not fully unsupported when I gave him 2's.  I didn't exclusively switch to 2nd foods, I did a mix of both and still do.  I've phased out 1s all together, and now he's getting 3s and 2s.  He's crawling, no teeth, and has been sitting unsupported about a month.  Honestly, I don't really see much difference between stage 1 and 2 purees.  Stage 3 is MUCH thicker but no chunks.

ksyknelvr73

I can't honestly remember now, but I think I phased out stage 1 foods just after 6 months, they were so runny and hard to feed and DS seemed ready for more texture. He's been exclusively stage 2 until about two weeks ago, I started introducing stage 3 so we're working into that now. He sits unsupported (did at 5 1/2 months) but just started crawling about 2 weeks ago.

AliandJimmy

DS has been on stage 2 foods for probably a month or so now and I mix in oatmeal cereal with it to thicken it up a little.  Right now we're using the Earth's Best brand but just stocked up on Gerber not sure if there's a real difference between brands.

lindsayj09

We just started stage 2 yesterday and it was mostly due to how much DS can eat at a time.  The stage 1 was too small for him.  He's also eating Mum Mum's (a real life saver when I have to sit through a meeting and he's still awake), yogurt melts, and the Gerber Graduate Lil' Crunchies that look like mini cheetos.  He loves those things!  Everything besides the stage 2 purees DS feeds to himself.