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When did you start solids?
We have Reese's 4 month appt tonight (they will also check her head, which I am a nervous wreck about). Our pedi had mentioned at her last visit that they will give the ok for rice cereal at 4 months. Everything I have read says that it is better to wait until 6, so that was my plan (to start a couple weeks before her 6 month visit). When did you start solids with your LO, & do you feel it was a good time?
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Re: When did you start solids?
We gave K applesauce on her 5 month birthday. She was super gassy. The next night we gave her rice cereal. She was so gassy she screamed her little head off. We waited a week and then tried sweet potatoes. Much better.
So officially she started eating solids at 5 months and 1 week. We started with only dinner and didn't add breakfast until much later, 6.5 months. And only recently I started giving her lunch too, around 7.5 months. Lunch gets in the way of my life so I held out for as long as possible.
We've introduced solids when Sam was a little over 4 months old. He now eats pear, banana, apple, carrots and brown beans. In Holland you can start solids starting from 4 months, if both sides of the family are allergy/asthma free, luckily we are.
But we didn't start a "solids only" diet yet. The solids are just to have him get used to other tastes then milk. When Sam turns 6 months old (next week) we'll slowly be putting him on a solids diet, with only a couple of small bottles (our pedi has a good "menu" for it). But now with Sam being sick, we'll just wait and see how it goes. He has refused all solids the last few days and I'm just grateful he's taking bottles again. Still not up to par, but he's getting there.
It's the same here in France. We started Nathan on solids shortly after four months. We actually started with the veggies and didn't make it to cereal until later. I should say though, that there is no rice cereal here so that was not an option for us.
This exactly.
~Kimberly & Eric~ April 21, 2008 ~Tensing Pen ~ Negril, Jamaica ~ My Blog: One Sunset at a Time
K started doing that when we were eating. It was hilarious. And she would watch us. The food from the plate to the mouth. She would get all excited when it got close to our mouths too. The whole thing was hilarious. And it started around 4 months.
Our 4 month appt isn't until the 29th and I don't know my pedi's feelings on it, but I want to wait as long as possible before introducing solids so I'm planning on closer to 6 months as well.
I let her have her very first taste of 'naner around 5.5 months, but we did not move onto other things or full feedings until 6 months. I was pretty set on waiting until she was 6 months old to allow her digestive system to mature a bit more.
Most peds are only required to take 3 credit hours on nutrition during their studies. Personally, I don't think this is enough. I like my ped, but when it comes to this, I totally trust "Super Baby Food" more than him!!!
"Super Baby Food" says wait till 6 months and avoid commercial, processed cereal at all costs, so this is what we did, and it's been perfect. Hayden eats like a champ- we have yet to find a food she won't eat!