I can start solids.. What to start with?

ShelbehhRawrr · November 2012

I wont give her rice cereal... too many things ive read about arsenic.

And they say oatmeal this early can cause allergies...

What should I start with or should I just wait?

twoitalians · November 2012

How old? My cousin started her 4 and a half month old with avocado and banana.

Crossingfingers · November 2012

I always started my older kids with bananas... but if she doesn't like it I would definitely go for a steak... then you could eat the leftovers. Win/win! Wink

lady_tytah · November 2012

I'm going to start with bananas, then sweet potato or squash...avocados I'd they are still in season.

danielle2583 · November 2012

I'm going to try avocado at Christmas (she'll be ~4.5mo) But if she doesn't really take to it then I'm going to wait a month or two and try again.

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gracie__r · November 2012

I read before starting ODD that if you start with veggies, they'll be more likely to develop a taste for them and not want to bypass them for the sweet stuff (fruit). I started both my girls with veggies, and they both love their veggies now! Might be coincidence, but I'll be doing the same with DS.

Crossingfingers · November 2012

gracie__r:
I read before starting ODD that if you start with veggies, they'll be more likely to develop a taste for them and not want to bypass them for the sweet stuff (fruit). I started both my girls with veggies, and they both love their veggies now! Might be coincidence, but I'll be doing the same with DS.

I also heard this, I am not sure why I started with bananas in the past, but my kids do love their veggies still

bigbootyjudi · November 2012

We're starting with avocado. It's really hard to keep fresh if you make it at home though because once it's cut into, it goes bad fast and they only eat a little sliver of it at the time. He's eaten it once and he wants to eat too fast. We might try again in a little bit. I'm going with the "food is for fun before one" thing. We're skipping over cereal too...all it did was constipate him (rice and oatmeal) and he hasn't pooped the same since.

HeartsOnABand · November 2012

I am most likely going to wait until after the new year (5 months) but we will be starting with avocado. Next would be bananas, sweet potato, and yellow squash. I might throw peas into the mix but we will see how that goes.

If the pedi says its okay to start then okay but I thought it was safe to start 4mo+. I have been seeing a couple of moms on here that are already feeding their LOs meats and veggies so its a personal choice thing I guess.

You can never go wrong with bananas, right? Let us know how your baby girl does with it (:

rp-chicago-mom · November 2012

Is there a reason you want to start early?

DemoDoll · November 2012

anbeck4:
We're starting with avocado. It's really hard to keep fresh if you make it at home though because once it's cut into, it goes bad fast and they only eat a little sliver of it at the time. He's eaten it once and he wants to eat too fast. We might try again in a little bit. I'm going with the "food is for fun before one" thing. We're skipping over cereal too...all it did was constipate him rice and oatmeal and he hasn't pooped the same since.

You can freeze avocado. Just blend or mash it and freeze it into small sizes with a silicone ice tray. They don't take long to thaw out.

lady_tytah · November 2012

gracie__r:
I read before starting ODD that if you start with veggies, they'll be more likely to develop a taste for them and not want to bypass them for the sweet stuff fruit.nbsp; I started both my girls with veggies, and they both love their veggies now!nbsp; Might be coincidence, but I'll be doing the same with DS.

The gave a new study that babies that are breast fed would transition to solids better if started with banana/avocado/sweet potato because bm is sweet and it's more palatable. I started with veggies with my daughter and she still struggles with veggies, mainly depending on what it is

ShelbehhRawrr · November 2012

Baker_Bride:
Is there a reason you want to start early?

The pedi gave us the okay. shes doubled her birth weight.

rp-chicago-mom · November 2012

ShelbehhRawrr:
Baker_Bride:
Is there a reason you want to start early?
 
The pedi gave us the okay. shes doubled her birth weight. 

Ours did too once he's four months but also said a lot of moms like to wait until six months. He's very pro bf. I'd like to hold out until six months as long as he's as satisfied with milk as he is. I'm slightly tempted to start him for longer sleep stretches but he's doing that anyway and that's just a myth, apparently. I was just curious.

Mrs_Bennett · November 2012

I started DS1 on avocado, then sweet potatoes, squash, and bananas. After he'd tried several veggies and fruits, we introduced oatmeal; we never fed him any rice cereal. He didn't start solids until 6 months.

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