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Starting solids

newbee36newbee36 member
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The GI yesterday gave us a green light to start solids. I am not in hurry to do so, but DS looks interested in food. I always feel bad when we eat and he is looking at our mouths, spoons, reaching for the food. I don't know, maybe he is just playing, but I still feel uncomfortable eating in front of him. So I will give it a shot today and see how it goes. But I am thinking of skipping cereal and   going straight to veggies. To start with carrots this week. 

When and how did you introduce solids to your LO's? 

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  • Piranha54Piranha54
    We started around 5 months (recs at the time were 4 and we waited a bit since she seemed totally uninterested).  We started with oatmeal cereal and BM for a few weeks, starting with it barely thicker than the BM and working up to a thicker mix (I think this is why they rec you start with cereal to build up the consistency easier).  She loved it.  We then started adding veg and fruit - waiting 3 days in between new foods.  Our pedi had very few restrictions, no rules re veg first etc.  DD is two now and a great eater.  Good luck and have fun - we loved new food face! 
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  • PinkNoise123PinkNoise123 member
    We started rice cereal this week. I wasn't too thrilled with giving her cereal (I think it's just empty calories) but her pedi had a good point. He said that the point of starting solids now is just for practice since their main source of nutrition should continue to be BM/formula until they're a year old. I figure since we're giving her such a small amount of food each day, rice cereal is the most convenient since I can mix it with BM, and it won't stain if she spits it out all over me :)
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  • LauraLynneCLauraLynneC member

    We're skipping rice cereal/oatmeal per our pediatrician (something about enzymes not available in the digestive tract?  He only recommends them for iron fortifications if he thinks baby needs it...otherwise they're nutritionally vacant - but I digress LOL)

    We're going to start in a few month with just kind of handing him food - a modified baby led weaning type of feeding.  Their gag reflex is in the middle of their tongue so he'll be safer than most people think.  I fed both teenagers this way eons ago - just basically fixing him a plate of what we're eating for him to play with and some of it might make it in his stomach :)

    (I'm delaying mostly because we cloth diaper and I'm NOT looking forward to food-poo!)

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    I introduced solids at 6 months and, per pedi's rec, did 1 week of rice cereal, then 1 week of wheat cereal, then 1 week of oatmeal, then 1 week of broccoli, etc. Started doing more of a BLW, letting him try whatever around 9 months.

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  • superauntsuperaunt member

    we started after her 4 month appointment and started with boring rice cereal. she took to it right away. : ) after a couple weeks, i moved on to veggies and stuck with veggies for a bit before introducing fruits.

    yay for new stuff!

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    imageLauraLynneC:

    (I'm delaying mostly because we cloth diaper and I'm NOT looking forward to food-poo!)

    :) We also do cloth diapers, but we had to stop BFing 3 weeks ago. Now he is on hypoallergenic formula and his poo stinks anyways! 
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    imagenewbee36:
    imageLauraLynneC:

    (I'm delaying mostly because we cloth diaper and I'm NOT looking forward to food-poo!)

    :) We also do cloth diapers, but we had to stop BFing 3 weeks ago. Now he is on hypoallergenic formula and his poo stinks anyways! 
    It's not the stink, it's the quantity and, er, viscosity of solid food poops that make it extra gross when CDing.

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    imagenewbee36:
    imageLauraLynneC:

    (I'm delaying mostly because we cloth diaper and I'm NOT looking forward to food-poo!)

    :) We also do cloth diapers, but we had to stop BFing 3 weeks ago. Now he is on hypoallergenic formula and his poo stinks anyways! 
    It's not the stink, it's the quantity and, er, viscosity of solid food poops that make it extra gross when CDing.
    Yeah, I have heard that. DH will install a diaper sprayer and we will have to deal with it I guess. 

    P.S I did offer him rice cereal today, but he was not excited about it at all! Swallowed twice and started complaining. Tomorrow will try again. So I did decide to start with cereal, because of the neutral taste. He won't eat much anyways. 

     

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  • gimmietimmiesgimmietimmies member
    imageLauraLynneC:

    We're skipping rice cereal/oatmeal per our pediatrician (something about enzymes not available in the digestive tract?  He only recommends them for iron fortifications if he thinks baby needs it...otherwise they're nutritionally vacant - but I digress LOL)

    We're going to start in a few month with just kind of handing him food - a modified baby led weaning type of feeding.  Their gag reflex is in the middle of their tongue so he'll be safer than most people think.  I fed both teenagers this way eons ago - just basically fixing him a plate of what we're eating for him to play with and some of it might make it in his stomach :)

    (I'm delaying mostly because we cloth diaper and I'm NOT looking forward to food-poo!)

    This is pretty much what we've always done, except we did do cereal, mostly to see where they were at with their tongue thrust reflex. People still freak when they see S eat, but she doesn't choke or gag and handles table food well. She still only has 4 teeth, so I still steam veg for her, otherwise, she's fine.

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