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when have/are you going to introduce foods

mommyaudramommyaudra member
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when do you mama's think you are going to introduce cereal and baby foods?

ive heard they say only breast milk for the first year but i know moms who dont do that so im just curious as to what you ladies have done or are planning to do!

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Re: when have/are you going to introduce foods

  • p&rmetzp&rmetz
    No food til at least 4 months. You're supposed to give them bm or formula until 1 year at which time you can give them cows milk.
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  • Ruby_SohoRuby_Soho
    Food is for fun before one. We're planning on starting Baby Led Weaning sometime around 6 months, whenever DS shows signs he's ready. TBH if he isn't ready for food till quite a while after 6 months, that's fine. BF is so so easy and convenient and there's very little mess.
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  • springbreak33springbreak33 member
    6 months as recommended by the APA
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  • kg_08kg_08 member
    4 months is where we'll probably start giving a little bit of food. Still plan on BF for about a year though. .... I think the rule is no cow milk for a year, not solid foods....
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  • sandy02sandy02 member
    6 months at least
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  • toyah81toyah81 member

    Wow, I am definitely the odd one out here. I will introduce rice cereal at 3 months to my LO. If she does well, then we will do jar food soon after, maybe a month or so later. She will continue formula until she is 12 months.

    This is what I did with DD1 and this is what I will do this time.

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  • SarahC720SarahC720 member
    I've heard/read to only BF until 6 months, then introduce cereal and work from there.  No cows milk until 1 year.  I think most pedis will say 4-6 months for introducing cereal.  We plan to give only BM until 6 months....but, as with most things, are going play it by ear.  If she shows signs of wanting or needing cereal at 5 months, then we will visit the idea then.
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  • kaylakaylakaylakaylakaylakayla member

    imageRuby_Soho:
    Food is for fun before one. We're planning on starting Baby Led Weaning sometime around 6 months, whenever DS shows signs he's ready. TBH if he isn't ready for food till quite a while after 6 months, that's fine. BF is so so easy and convenient and there's very little mess.

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  • sugarland726sugarland726 member
    We'll start cereal at 4 months and then purees at 6 (assuming the pedi consents to that time frame). Babies shouldn't be on any sort of milk except BM or formula until a year.

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  • Happiness3Happiness3
    I was super adamant about breastfeeding exclusively until at least 6 months and maybe 7 or 8, but my daughter has really been showing interest in food lately (she is 5 months old), so we have started letting her taste foods.  Apple, pear, banana and soon rice cereal with breastmilk.  I let her taste one food a day around lunchtime (in addition to breastmilk, never a replacement) but only if she shows interest.  If not, we skip it.  Anyway, my point is that after 4/5 months, if a baby shows all the signs that he/she is ready and wanting to eat, it's okay to let them start tasting.  Every parent should assess their child rather than following an absolute rule.
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  • ricejlricejl member
    The APA (American Pediatrics Association) recommends just a liquid diet until 6 months so that is when my little guy will start getting cereal.
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  • RyleighRyleigh member

    imagericejl:
    The APA (American Pediatrics Association) recommends just a liquid diet until 6 months so that is when my little guy will start getting cereal.

    This.

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  • toyah81toyah81 member
    Those of you citing the APA's rec, what do they say is the reasoning behind the 6 month wait? I'm just curious.
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  • bancbevbancbev member

    imagetoyah81:
    Those of you citing the APA's rec, what do they say is the reasoning behind the 6 month wait? I'm just curious.

    Their body is not ready to digest food before that.

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  • toyah81toyah81 member
    imagebancbev:

    imagetoyah81:
    Those of you citing the APA's rec, what do they say is the reasoning behind the 6 month wait? I'm just curious.

    Their body is not ready to digest food before that.

    Thanks!

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  • Ruby_SohoRuby_Soho
    imagebancbev:

    imagetoyah81:
    Those of you citing the APA's rec, what do they say is the reasoning behind the 6 month wait? I'm just curious.

    Their body is not ready to digest food before that.

    Don't know what the APA say but this is what I've learned...

    Introducing food before 6 months can increase the risk of allergies. There's a special protective coating inside our intestines which prevents the passage of harmful allergens into the body e.g. soy, wheat, dairy etc. The levels of this IgA is very low in the first months and doesn't reach peak production until around 7 months.

    Also, early introduction of solids (before 6 months) also increases the chances of obesity in later life for those babies with risk factors.

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  • Aloe0lAloe0l member
    We'll probably start introducing solids around 6 months (so long as she is interested) but her main source of calories & nutrition will be breast milk until at least 12mo.
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  • kegallaghkegallagh member

    imageRuby_Soho:
    Food is for fun before one. We're planning on starting Baby Led Weaning sometime around 6 months, whenever DS shows signs he's ready. TBH if he isn't ready for food till quite a while after 6 months, that's fine. BF is so so easy and convenient and there's very little mess.

    Exactly this.

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