Starting Solids!?

Re: Starting Solids!?

• macchiatto member

  February 2013

  The website www.wholesomebabyfood.com was a very helpful resource for that stage! We actually did purees first, then oatmeal, then rice (just since cereal can be constipating and that way when you introduce it you can mix it with peaches or pears or something else that counteracts the constipating effects).
  

  Feeding items; We LOVE the baby bjorn bibs with the pocket and wish we'd started using them earlier! We've tried many kinds but those are our all-time favorites.

  One bowl, one spoon, and from polls I've seen on here before I know that's pretty common with multiples. They share germs all the time anyway and it's so much more practical if they get impatient waiting for their next spoonful.
  

  fraternal twin boys born january 2009

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• leapgirl8 member

  February 2013

  This is a fun book my brother got for us, and it has helpful suggestions about how to introduce foods. https://www.amazon.com/Best-Homemade-Baby-Food-Planet/dp/1592334237

  We did rice cereal first, oatmeal, fruit/veggie purees. I don't like purees, they're so messy. So at this point I'm giving them Cheerios, apple slices to gnaw on, potato pieces, toast, etc. and only do purees for things like spinach and squash. I try to do a non-starchy veggie every day and besides that just whatever is easy or looks fun for them. At this age they are still getting most of their nutrients from BM or formula, so I'm not killing myself worrying about vitamin C or whatever.  

  

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• Reilly626 member

  February 2013

  I started also and felt unprepared. I bought a bunch of bowls and spoons at BRU- I like the "yummy" spoons best. I love the waterproof Carter's bibs. I do oatmeal and a fruit and their bottle for breakfast, prunes, veggie and bottle for lunch, and a veggie, fruit and bottle for dinner. They get a bedtime bottle also. I do prunes daily one meal so they do not become constipated. I bought all the first foods and eventually plan on making their foods but for now this is easier for me and them.

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• Breezy8407 member

  February 2013

  We started with one box of rice, but then moved to Oatmeal, too. I buy Earth's best at Target. I like the texture of that one compared to Gerber. 

  We started with that then slowly added in some veggie purees. Start with the ones labeled 1st foods - usually peas, sweet potatoes, and carrots. I just put some cereal and some veggie in a bowl (bought cheap gladware like bowls at Target) and put a little of both on the spoon.  

  To start we did just dinner at home, then we had daycare add in lunch. Now they do breakfast (fruit and cereal, yogurt, fruit pieces), lunch (veggie, cereal, finger foods like puffs, mum-mum's, zucchini, butternut squash, chicken breast), and then we do dinner at home similar to lunch. They also have 4 bottles a day - 6 -10 - 2 - and 6:30 before bed. 

  

  

  Boy/girl twins born at 37w1d and 37w2d

  

  

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• ShopperKristi member

  February 2013

  Thanks you guys!  This was really helpful!

  

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• Lyndsey13 member

  February 2013

  Our girls just turned 6 months on the 17th. I haven't bought any store bought food (purees). So far they've had avocado, sweet potato, unsweetened applesauce, banana, and a tiny bit of mashed potato when we were at a restaurant. I just mash it up really well and they have no problems with it. I'm only doing dinner right now, so I just strip them down to their diaper and then they get a bath. I'm going to have to figure out something different when we start lunches but this is working for now. We also share a bowl/spoon.

  

  
  

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