Did you start with rice cereal or did you go right to fruits and vegges?

jenndove

I am making my baby food for Luke and want to start next week.  With the other 2 I started with rice cereal, but neither of them were crazy about it.  I am thinking of just starting with either pears of squash.  Does it really make a difference?  Thanks:)

SumnerBride

I did oatmeal for a few days first, and then mixed it with a veggie.  We did veggies first, and then fruits.

butterbeansmama

we did the same as pp. He never liked the rice, so we went with oatmeal, then added veggies. We did fruit quite a while later.

hopefulmom

I did it the traditional way.  No solids until 6 months and then started with rice cereal and so on.  I also started fruits before veggies.

Zenya

I did baby-led weaning (straight to self feeding table foods) after failed attempts at pureed fruits etc.  I never bothered with rice cereal.  too processed and bland.

DaisyAdair

I thought the cereals were gross.  My 1st would just spit them back out.  I tried it over and over again for about a week and finally decided I wouldn't like it if someone was sticking gross stuff in my face and forcing me to eat it, so I stopped. 

I moved right to veggies that I made myself.  She gobbled them right up and has been a great eater ever since.  My 2nd has played around with some veggies, but isn't really into the solids so much yet.

Ashley&Bryan

I started w/ rice mixed w/ formula.  Didn't work so well, until she really got used to  it.  I did switch to oatmeal soon after she didn't take to the rice, but she had a slight reaction to it (rash).  So, I shelved the oatmeal for awhile.  I just moved on to veggies. 

HasteTheDay

Rice made my babies really constipated. We tried it for maybe a week, but quickly changed to fruits and veggies. Some say that if you give them fruit right away, they will never take veggies, but that wasn't true for us. My kids love both fruits and vegetables. So... every kid is different.?

goodhartedmommy

Rice is empty calories. I'd skip it. Avocado is my favorite first food--you can't get any better than avocado.

winery

I think we'll be skipping the rice and going straight for the oatmeal.  J LOVED his oatmeal, so I'm hoping that #2 will be the same.

Then we'll do green beans and other veggies.  Fruit definitely later.

Mrs Manners

We tried cereal and he didn't like it so we ditched it and went right to veggies.