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Starting Food?

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First I would like to apologize for being MIA. Ever since I started back at work it has been hard for me to bump. I do think about you Ladies all the time. I can't believe that Jackson is already 4 months old. He is strictly BF and I originally said he would start food around 6 months, and I don't know what made me start thinking about it now. I gave him rice last night ( literally a spoon full) and he seemed to enjoy it. I wanted to see how he would take the food off a spoon but now I feel I was premature to give it to him. I plan on giving him BM for at least a year, but I don't know when I should start making him food. I plan on making everything and not buying anything. If you waited til 6 months did your LO take longer to enjoy food? What were the first things you tried?

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  • adoxyinherearadoxyinherear member
    imageRachaelA:

    We waited until just before 6 months. That's actually the new recommendation. This article was just released.

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  • luvmyducksluvmyducks member
    We waited until right around 6m bc of the AAP recommendations.  We started with sweet potatoes and she loved them.  Pretty much liked every new food we tried with her.
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  • tetiananinatetiananina member
    I plan on still BF and I guess I'm following my gut. 6 months it is. He doesn't eat much but it's growing really well so I guess that's all that matters! Thank you ladies

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  • Ladiebug710Ladiebug710 member
    I waited until he was a week shy of 6 months.  I started with rice or oatmeal mixed with breast milk, and after gradually thickening the mixture for a week we started offering some fruits and veggies with the cereal. 

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  • jertiejertie member

    I started giving Pip rice cereal at 4 mos and she loved it!  I was trying to see if the extra bulk would help her sleep through the night - nope.  ...But, it did a great job of stopping her up, so I cut it out after a couple of days and didn'

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  • Karen1998Karen1998 member

    I think we started with rice cereal at just over 4m.  Then we moved to oatmeal.  Our pediatrician follows the AAP recommendations, which is fine with basic, simple foods starting then.  I always fed him BM first and then tried a food (mi

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  • kbhayneskbhaynes member

    DD is just shy of 5mo and I started solids about a week ago. She was showing some serious interest in our food. I gave her organic oatmeal with BM a couple of weeks ago and she didn't care much for it. I waited a week and just gave her sweet potatoes t

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