Solids

Cbarajas08

I know there have been several of these posts recently, but I wanted to get your opinions.

I just took DD to her 4 month appt. Her dr is out of town so we saw another dr in the practice. He asked when I plan on starting cereal and I told him never. My plan is to start with avocado and progress from there. He told me that I should do cereal first and start soon. He also said that in the bext few months, DD should br eating solids for breakfast lunch and dinner. This seems fast to me. My original plan was to start with avocado between 5 and 6 months. From there, intro other vegetables and then progress on to the fruits. The LCs that I have seen and articles I have read suggested waiting until 6 months for solids and not even bothering with cereal.

What do you think? Would you follow the drs reccomendation? What are you planning on doing with your LO?

Tula214

I plan to start fruits and veggies at 6 Mo. I want to skip cereal since its not great nutrition wise.

mswood1977

Since DS's 4 month appointment I have been feeding him solids once per day, he still pushes more out with his tounge than he swallows. I am making his food. This is the order I introduced foods to him: avocado, banana, sweet potato, peas, green beans, apple, pear and then cereal.
In all honesty he swallows more of the cereal than any of the other foods, but he seems to enjoy all of them.
Once he gets good at eating I will work him up to eating 3 times per day.

lady_tytah

I would go according to the LLL's page. They recommend skipping cereal and go to avocado, fruits, and meats. That's what I'm following.

rp-chicago-mom

A lot of doctors are outdated in their information. They go by what used to be the recommendation rather than the new info. The AAP now says waiting six months is best. If you ebf, your baby gets the best dose of immunities from your milk if you only give milk. It's ultimately up to you. The food is mostly for practice.

bigbootyjudi

We're skipping cereal; all it is is an empty calorie with no nutritional value and when we put it in his bottle, it constipated him so bad. We've given him avocado and bananas a few times already. Recommendation is 4-6 months, but it's moving to "whenever your baby is ready; has good head control, upper body strength, shows interest in you eating, roses the thrust reflux." Also, for EBF babies (and I'm guessing it'd be the same for FF), milk should be the main source of food for the first year. We're doing the "food for fun" thing; milk shouldn't be a back-up to food.

Cbarajas08

I talked to my DH and he seems to be on board the no cereal. I told him to do his research so he can make an informed decision but I also told him what I have read and been told by LCs. So for right now, it looks like our plan is to try avocados in a couple weeks.

Anbeck I like how you pointed out that food is for fun not as a primary source of nutrition.

Thanks for the input ladies.

MeatballEsq

Tula214:

I plan to start fruits and veggies at 6 Mo. I want to skip cereal since its not great nutrition wise.

This. And I'm doing BLW.

NewMommyKelsey

tonir319:

Tula214:

I plan to start fruits and veggies at 6 Mo. I want to skip cereal since its not great nutrition wise.

This. And I'm doing BLW.

 

This! Going to start around five months but we will see because Ped today actually made a comment that I should start soon,