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If you started solids at 4 months...

Wufroggy79Wufroggy79 member
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We went for our six month check up this morning. I asked about third meals, meat, and finger foods like puffs, mum mums, etc. We have also had zero problems with purees and no allergies. We got the okay from her to add lunch as a third meal. She said to wait closer to 7 months for meat and finger foods. Just curious how many other pedis out there have this opinion too? I'm going to follow her advice because I feel no need to rush, but just interested to see what others have said. She is usually on the progressive side.
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Re: If you started solids at 4 months...

  • LittleGusLittleGus member
    Ours said purees primarily until 9 months, but she's been on finger foods for at least a month now.  She actually is refusing her purees so we're all finger foods.
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  • butterfly8199butterfly8199

    In canada they prefer you wait till 6mths to start anything but saying that my doctor gave us the ok at 4mths to start slow. DD is now 7mths and we have her on 3 meals a day plus snacks. (they would like three meals by 8mths and then start adding snacks) She has the odd finger food (puffs, carrots, watermelon, cantalope) and we have started her on pureed meats as well

    It seems 7mths for finger foods are the average that I am seeing but have seen a few that say wait till 9+

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  • mrsseguinmrsseguin member
    We are still doing 2 meals a day of purees...we haven't started finger foods yet.  I don't think DD is ready.
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  • chardonnay24chardonnay24 member
    My (progressive) pedi also said to wait until closer to 7 months for meat, but said that finger foods were fine as long as A can handle them. We have only tried mum-mums so far and I cut up a very ripe mango into tiny pieces. I think we'll try puffs soon because he seems to know what to do, but the mango was too slippery.
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  • ABizzityABizzity
    We were told to bump up to 3 meals per day at 6 mo and start introducing finger foods slowly.  He is now strictly on finger foods and much prefers them over the purees.  We only did purees for about a month. 
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  • SeussicalOneSeussicalOne
    We just added a 3rd meal (purees/yogurt). Some days he shares a snack with me (banana, cheese, etc) but just gets little bites, or he has puffs/mum mums. Pedi said by his 9 month appointment he may be eating some table food but she didn't say specifically when to start, or that we should even start before then. I've just been using my own discretion.
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  • MolluskwranglerMolluskwrangler member
    We were given the okay to add a third meal. Also to add meats 3x a week at her 6 month appt but Molls is always hungry and her formula feedings have not gone down AND she is not able to eat the cereals so she needs iron from somewhere else.  She loves puffs (also a good source of iron, I only get the organic kind made with fructose).
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