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Anyone else's 6 mo. old NOT ready for solids?

Peanut's_MommyPeanut's_Mommy
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Yesterday, dd had her 1st bites of solid food. Today, I tried to give them to her again, and she just didn't seem interested. She had maybe two bites, and then she was kind of thrusting it out; so I stopped. I'm wondering if I should wait a few days, a week, or longer until I try to give her food again. If you have/had a 6 mo. old that wasn't ready, what were the signs? I'm also thinking that she was thrusting it out because it's new to her.
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Re: Anyone else's 6 mo. old NOT ready for solids?

  • PunkyBoosterPunkyBooster member

    Yeah, it took him about a week to get it. He'd spit it out. We'd just try again the next day and little by little he would swallow more and more of it!

    You can also try a different food. He wasn't too keen on the rice cereal but gobbled up the peas! 

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  • juliane2004juliane2004 member
    imagePunkyBooster:

    Yeah, it took him about a week to get it. He'd spit it out. We'd just try again the next day and little by little he would swallow more and more of it!

    You can also try a different food. He wasn't too keen on the rice cereal but gobbled up the peas! 

    This exactly. DS took about 4-6 days of "eating" before any food actually went down to his stomach. Also, we only did like 3-4 days of cereal, and then moved to sweet potatoes and banana.

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  • Peanut's_MommyPeanut's_Mommy
    Thanks. I was also thinking that maybe she didn't like the avocado ( I skipped the rice cereal). I'll try something new tomorrow :)
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  • nikinikininenikinikinine member

    DD has been regularly opening her mouth for the spoon and taking whole bites since 5 months. DS has no interest. Once a week I sit him in the highchair and try again. But he is still doing a lot of tongue thrusting.

    Seeing how readily DD opened her mouth when she was ready, I know DS isn't and I'm not worried. When he wants more than the bottle he'll take the spoon. It's not hurting him to not take solids at 6 months.

    Now if I'm still having this issue at 7 months and beyond, I'll worry more.

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  • PunkyBoosterPunkyBooster member

    imagePeanut's_Mommy:
    Thanks. I was also thinking that maybe she didn't like the avocado ( I skipped the rice cereal). I'll try something new tomorrow :)

    Whhhaaa?

    DS will gladly take her avacado. He thinks it's the best!

    Try some sweet potato. Or apples. Or peas. DS Luuuuurves his peas. 

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  • Arielle27Arielle27 member
    It took a while for DS to be interested in solids and then able to eat more than a few bites at a time. I think the process was sped up however when I put him in daycare (at 6 months) and they began feeding him. I'm not sure what they do, but they still get him to eat way more than I can!

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