Starting with foods

Mrs.RockyM

We tried to start last weekend, but DD2 got sick, so we started again last night on oatmeal.  We do oatmeal for a few days, then start introducing the veggies and then fruits (stage 1)?  Right? 

When do we start with multiple meals, right now she's only having 1 a day. 

I feel like I should know this, but I can't remember anything we did with DD1!

CnAnA

You can start them in any order you want.  My pedi told me yesterday to give her 3-5 days between foods.  She said up until a year, solids is more about teaching them than giving them nutrition.  Feed them what they'll eat, as long as th

candaceleigh21

I skipped oatmeal because LO refused to eat it. I went straight to orange foods then veggies then fruit. Now I just mix whatever I think sounds good. His fave is broccoli peas and pears.

CLLDLL

The recommendations on this have changed a lot recently.  When DS1 was little (7 years ago) they said start with rice cereal, then orange veggies, then bananas, pears, and peaches, then green veggies, then other fruits, other grains, and finally m

cardiganmom

Our pedi said to try rice cereal, if she doesn't like it then to skip the grains and go straight to fruits and veggies. He also said the order doesn't matter. Just in case, I wanted to start with veggies, but when it was time to start another food, I d

pb_bride

Our pedi recommended skipping cereal altogether, and just start with veggies and fruits.  He also suggested waiting several days before introducing a new food, but I disregarded that (it'll take forever to get through all the veggies!).

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LorMor

I tried two meals a day but it was too much work, so we're back on one meal a day. It's more about textures and flavours for now, as PP said, not nutrition, so I'm happy with the one meal.