Solids - 5 month old
myrall
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I've been giving Cecil solids (oatmeal cereal w/breastmilk) for almost two weeks. He tolerates it for the first five minutes or so, and then gives me a couple gags (totally normal, I know). I'm confused as to whether I should keep going with him or wait a little longer.
He doesn't flat-out refuse the spoon or the cereal, but he doesn't act like he really wants it either. He will open his mouth when the spoon gets near, though. I thought it was maybe just the bland oatmeal, so I gave him a teeny-tiny taste of pears (mixed in with the oatmeal and BM) the other day. He did the prerequisite lip smacking and seemed to like it.
So, my question: Should I keep going and introduce purees and see what he does? Or does it sound like he's not ready yet?
Background: when I started Geneva on solids, she ate it like a hungry little bird. She couldn't get enough. Ol' fat boy here seems to either take it or leave it. I'm of the mind to keep going - because, in the grand scheme of things, it's just practice, right?
Re: Solids - 5 month old
I personally would wait if he doesn't seem interested, and try again in a week or so, but I didn't start til 6 months with either of my kids because I find feeding food to be a lot of work
We also did BLW with Lila and you don't start that until 6 months.
Then again if he tolerates it for 5 minutes or so just do it for that amount of time and when he gets bored stop.
I would do this. If he's happy and willingly eats it for 5 minutes, I'd go with it. As soon as he gets upset I would stop. Maybe he will gradually increase the time on his own or maybe he's full? Also, we didn't do cereals long with A. Rice cereal made her gassy/constipated and she had a couple bad reactions to oatmeal and may have an oat allergy. She will get tested between 9 -12 months. She loves purees way more than she ever liked cereal. I say no harm in trying the purees. If he doesn't like that either, you will know just to take it slow.