When did you start your LO on rice cereal and other solids??

MrsKK · April 2009

DD will be 4 months on Monday she is BF and BM from the bottle days I work w/ an occasional formula supplement bottle.

How did you know your little one was ready for solids? Did you wait for the recomendation from you pedi?

TIA

EastCoastBride · April 2009

Just had our 4 month appt yesterday. Our pedi wants us to start solids now. We're going to wait at least 1 1/2 weeks because we're going on vacation next week, but then we'll give it a try. But I fully plan on really following DS's cues on this. Which my pedi wants us to do anyhow- she said that if he doesn't seem ready, to just wait another week or 2 before trying again.

ErinNConnorsMom · April 2009

My ped gave the ok for Katelyn at her 4 mo appt since she was holding her head up and gaining well. We still haven't started them yet. She's not acting super interested in solids at the dinner table at night (she sits w/ the rest of the family while we eat) and she's doing fine on breast milk and formula. I'll probably offer them w/in the next couple of wks, though.

beebe929 · April 2009

She was getting hungrier and hungrier (just breastmilk). Our pedi said 4months. So we tried it with rice first. The first day she pushed it out with her tongue. The next day she loved it and is a great eater. We have been adding things slowly the last month, rice, oatmeal, sweet potato, carrots, squash. We are trying green veggies this weekend and trying those for a week or so. Then fruit.

You will know if they are NOT ready. But for us she was very ready.

msabol2077 · April 2009

My pedi went over this at our 4mo. checkup and we started rice cereal that night. I think it is typically up to your doc. I thought my LO was ready when he started wanting more after he finished a feeding. I also BF and suppliment a formula bottle occasionally on the days I work. Yes I would def wait for the ok from the pedi bc some of them wait until 6mo.

betsnup · April 2009

Our pedi said we could start DS at our 4 month appt, but he really didn't seem ready for it, so we have been holding off. He is just now starting to seem interested in the food we are eating. We are planning to probably start him on rice cereal in a couple of weeks, when he is 5+ months.

Karen_77 · April 2009

Started at 5 months when her daily intake of formula shot up from 36 oz to 49 oz. She also has good head control, is close to sitting up unassisted, and started reaching and grabbing for things. So far just doing rice cereal one time a day, next week going to start doing cereal 2x's a day for 2 weeks and then start adding in veggi's and fruits when she is around 6 months. The pedi recommended we start at her 4 month appt but I didn't feel she was ready yet.

BrideNamedMeg · April 2009

We haven't started solids yet. Our pedi left it up to us when to start. DD 's growing fine and is satisfied by BM alone, so we're not rushing. We'll probably start towards the end of this month as she'll be six months at the beginning of May.

el25 · April 2009

Although I love my pediatrician, I totally disagree with his take on when to start solids. He told me we should start at 6 months. We started at 4 1/2 months. Slowly but surely she is starting to like eating. If I had only started at 6 months, she wouldn't be eating well until 7 or 8 months and that is way too late.

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