4 Month old interested in solids?

laurmar21 · May 2012

My son just turned 4 months old and he does get a little bit of rice cereal before bed (just started that) and he LOVES it! Now, I am noticing he really, really watches us eat. He is really big for his age 27 inches long and 17 lbs 10 oz heavy. I am also noticing he is wanting to eat more often, like maybe my milk isn't enough to fill him anymore? I dont' know, he could also just be going through a growth spurt... AGAIN! Anyway, just wondering if starting other solids is frowned upon at 4 months? What would you do?

kerischrader · May 2012

Some say yes and some say wait... I was hoping our Dr. would say go for it because DS is the same way... he gets SO into watching us eat and moves his tongue around.... it's so cute. She wants us to wait til 6 mo, but I am tempted to introduce cereal once a day.

laurmar21 · May 2012

My lactation consultants said there is new research that cereal does not have to be the first food introduced. She sent me a mailing on it... so I am wondering now if it's okay to introduce mild veggies (squash, avacado, etc) now as well... I'm a little scared to try that though, mostly because that's not how I did it with my first...

l_elizabeth · May 2012

Our pediatrician said to go for it, if they seem ready and do well, there's no reason to wait until 6 months. She said that the theories that starting too early will increase their risk of allergies is not true at all.

If it were me, I'd probably do it. I know a ton of people who started their 4 month olds on solids, and they're all healthy kids today (with no allergies). Most people on this board disagree with that, though.

alimartinez · May 2012

Our baby is exclusively on breast milk and our pediatrician wants us to keep that up until six months if we can. My mother said she started us on solids at 6-8 weeks. I was a big baby, but never had issues with any food allergies, diabetes, obesity, any of it. I think it's okay to follow your mom gut.

Linds1224 · May 2012

I started my first two at 5 months and was planning on doing the same with Hannah but she's become very interested in watching me and my two other kids eat and will open her mouth for the spoon so I'm thinking I may start her on rice cereal in the next few days. My first two were never that interested in people eating but Hannah totally is. She follows the spoon/fork from my plate to my mouth like a hawk and will stare at her brother and sister while they eat. I gave her a taste of apple sauce the other day so I think that just intrigued her more because she loved it.

You're going to get different opinions but I always say to go with what you think is best for baby. You're the one that knows the best

baloneydisc · May 2012

We had our 4 month appointment a few hours ago & our pediatrician said based on DD's development & behavior we were good to start solids. She recommended orange and green veggies with breast milk to thin them out a little. She said sweet potato is a good one to start with, so I picked one up. I'm going to wait atleast until tomorrow to try it so if she has a reaction (not likely with sweet potato, but you never know) I'll know for sure it was the food & not from the shots.

TheMrs1009 · May 2012

It's totally up to you. DS is over 18 lbs and has no interest in solids. Pedi gave us the green light but we're waiting til 6 months...

dondraandluis · May 2012

l_elizabeth:

Our pediatrician said to go for it, if they seem ready and do well, there's no reason to wait until 6 months. She said that the theories that starting too early will increase their risk of allergies is not true at all.

If it were me, I'd probably do it. I know a ton of people who started their 4 month olds on solids, and they're all healthy kids today (with no allergies). Most people on this board disagree with that, though.

This is what our pedi said too. She seemed ready to us so we tried a few days after she was 4months and figured if she didn't like it then we would wait a few weeks and try again. Well, she loved it and gobbled it up!

Bride2b2004 · May 2012

I go with the baby. Solids were different with each of my children. Just make sure you remember baby isn't getting the nutrition they need from solids yet, and don't let it affect bm/formula consumption (i.e., solids afterwards not before).

laurmar21:
My lactation consultants said there is new research that cereal does not have to be the first food introduced. She sent me a mailing on it... so I am wondering now if it's okay to introduce mild veggies (squash, avacado, etc) now as well... I'm a little scared to try that though, mostly because that's not how I did it with my first...

I did this with #2. However, at his 9mo appt, his iron was low, so the pedi said to give the iron fortified cereal... this time I decided to start with that just to make sure his getting some iron (I don't give him supplements).

Nwlywed07 · May 2012

Our pedi said go for it at our 4 month check up since LO was displaying all the signs. Sitting up assisted, interested in what we were eating, tongue reflex was gone, etc. We haven't looked back since!

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