Going slow on solids - anyone else?

nahokulele · August 2012

I feel like we're behind the curve on solids. DD is one of the younger ones on the board, born at the end of Dec., but even so, she hasn't had a wide variety of solids yet. Not on purpose, but since we've been traveling, it just hasn't been a priority.

Once a day, she gets sweet potato, bananas, avocado (which she doesn't eat much of), or applesauce, or a combo of those. I feel like I need to be more aggressive on the solids front; she is otherwise EBF, and with that, she is a chunky monkey! But seeing the post about eggs makes me think I better step it up...

lijuan09 · August 2012

We're still at once a day. We have just gotten DS's schedule pretty much figured out since he started daycare, so it's easier for us to follow a routine. I'm thinking about adding a second feeding but right now I'm concentrating on getting ready for work (I'm a teacher) and then we might try.

Another thing I'm waiting for is to hit 9 months, because that's when our old-fashioned pedi says he can start finger foods. After he can have finger foods, he'll be eating a lot more.

InTheSun · August 2012

We weren't in a huge rush either but once LO hit the 8 month mark he got a lot hungrier. He's now having solid breakfast, lunch, and dinner but only about two tablespoons at a time. Otherwise he's EBF. I'm not excited by the solid foods milestones and I'm not in a hurry for him to be eating!

nahokulele · August 2012

Ok, good, so glad to know I'm not the only one! We've offered her mum-mum's a couple of times, but she just makes a sour face and bangs them on the table.

JammieJk · August 2012

We're doing BLW, so we're letting DS set the pace of what he wants to eat. He's interested, but doesn't eat a whole lot. He's thriving and I subscribe to the "anything under one is for fun" theory because it just makes sense to me... that being said, yep, he's "tasted" a lot of things, but we're just going slow.

twocents6708 · August 2012

DD is a late December baby and was a month early. We are going slow as well. Just started stage 2 foods and she eats 1-2 times daily. She is otherwise EBF. Our pedi said that food before age 1 is just for fun.

KeyLime81 · August 2012

We're going slowly, too. DS just gets one "meal" of solids right now. I give him 3 frozen cubes of food (about 4-6 Tbsp total) as DH and I eat dinner. I'll probably add breakfast sometime in the next week or so...

browneyedgoil · August 2012

we are slow but really just b/c in the beginning, i didn't have time to intro her to new things every 3 days b/c i was making the food & i was very busy so i got a little bit lazy with it. we are still introducing some fruits/veggies but after that i have already made a chicken, sweet potato, & applesauce puree that i hope she likes.

tried to give her puffs & she gagged so those we will be waiting on. will try to start finger foods at the end of this month

kwinkle1980 · August 2012

I am taking it slow. I wanted to EBF for a full year but decided to start iron-fortified cereals because of a family history of anemia. He eats cereal for "dinner."

He has a pretty good pincher grip already, and eats pretty thick cereal, so I am not concerned that he will be behind at all.

Tussie Mussie · August 2012

I try to offer her something at least twice a day (purees or finger foods), but she's just really not that interested. Yesterday she ate 2 bites of applesauce and wouldn't take anymore, then ate 2oz of sweet potato and a handful of puffs that afternoon. I feel like she's happier on the days she eats more solids. The past few days she's had up to 11oz bottles before she would be full!