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Starting Solids in a Couple of Weeks - Any Advice
We are going to attempt to introduce solids to DD in a few weeks and was wondering if anyone has any tips?
I'm thinking that I would like to make her food, so if anyone has thoughts on products that made this easier, they would be much appreciated.
Also, on a sorta related note, if your child did not sleep through the night prior to introducing solids, did that change after you introduced them?
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Re: Starting Solids in a Couple of Weeks - Any Advice
We started DD on solids around 5 months, so I don't have a ton of experience and we're still trying out different foods. But I would suggest not really making a lot of food until you figure out what DD likes. I bought a bunch of different veggies/fruits and had DD try them. She loves sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, so I made those in bulk and I have a stockpile of those in the freezer. I bought these to help with freezing/storing:
https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Food-Freezer-White-Green/dp/B0038JE5Y2
https://www.amazon.com/Blocks-Freezer-Storage-Containers-2-Ounce/dp/B004QZBEFK
I freeze food in the storage containers and then just bring the whole thing to DC once a week for lunch (she's doing 3 meals a day now) and use the cubes for at home dinners. It's working really well so far. For making the food I use a food processor for most foods and the blender for some. I had both of these already. I know they have baby food makers but that seems like a waste of money if you have a blender or a food processor already. I will say, I didn't know if I would be consistent with the baby food making but I'm enjoying it so far and it is way cheaper and a lot easier than I thought it would be.
She did start sleeping through the night once she started doing 2 meals a day but we also did sleep training around this time too so I'm not sure if it was just a coincidence. I do think the solids help her stay full which is why I was comfortable doing the sleep training at 6 months. Good luck!
I made his food for the first 2-3 weeks using a blender or food processor (or just mashing with a fork) and then started buying organic baby food at the store. So now he eats mostly store-bought food with table food every once in a while.
It did not help him sleep through the night at all.
Solids did not help Sprout STTN, unfortunately.
I used the mini food processor that came with our immersion blender for making his food (well, the food that couldn't be mashed with a fork). I would make big batches, freeze them in ice cube trays and then, once frozen, pop them out into freezer bags (one for fruits, one for veg, one for grains). Then meals just became a matter of mixing & matching
Some ladies on the board recommended this site which has some good ideas.
https://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/
I sometimes made the baby food myself and I would put it in ice trays and freeze it. Once the food was frozen, I would pop it out and keep the cubes in a zip lock bag. It made it easy to thaw just what I needed.
My other random hint is that if you buy rice cereal and don't care about the brand, I highly recommend getting one that comes in a container with a twisty top like this. I just bought some that came in a regular box and I'm kicking myself because everytime I pour out the rice cereal, the flakes go everywhere. It's like the box cannot keep them contained. But, this just may be a pet peeve of mine.
Oh, and I really hope solids helps DD#2 STTN. DD#1 was already STTN around 2 months but DD#2 is not following along with this. So, I'm hoping that once we give her solids, that may help. We just started within the last few days.
Ha ha, this drives me a little batty too. I don't understand! It also comes flying out of the box like gangbusters, way more than I need at any given time. I moved it all to a tupperware container and just scoop it out now.
sadly, solids did NOTHING to help my kids STTN
we did one food every few days, and I only bought organic. Avocado (mashed w/ BM or formula) is a good one, so is sweet potato (although DD was allergic to both). If you are eBFing be sure to give your LO as much water as you give solids, i.e.: 2oz of peas, 2oz of water.
We used baby-led weaning and loved it. I feel pretty confident that it's made for great toddler eating habits, too.
We offered her regular foods (wedges of avocado, steamed broccoli stalks, baked sweet potato fires) for her to self-feed. We didn't worry about if or how much she ate. We went went the motto that "food before one is just for fun" and I continued to nurse her on cue.
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