Lets talk food!

sarajim06 · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food?

What will be his/her first food?

Will you make or buy your baby food?

Anything you're excited/nervous about?

rebaann · September 2013

We are planning to start around 6 months. We are going to do baby led weaning, so I guess I will be making food. I need to do some more reading, but I think we'll start with sweet potato. I'm excited for her to experience new tastes and textures and learn what she likes and doesn't like. I'm nervous about the whole gagging thing.

bumpuser8130818 · September 2013

rebaann said:
We are planning to start around 6 months. We are going to do baby led weaning, so I guess I will be making food. I need to do some more reading, but I think we'll start with sweet potato. I'm excited for her to experience new tastes and textures and learn what she likes and doesn't like. I'm nervous about the whole gagging thing.

All of this!

Oohgurl · September 2013

I plan on starting LO on oatmeal or rice depending on what his DR says at 5 months. Yea yea empty calories and all that. I've heard it.

After that I will probably try avocado if I can find one fresh at that time or green beans. I will do the vegetables first before fruit.

I plan on making my own baby food. But I also plan on cleaning my house everyday and that doesnt happen. So we will see.

1and1is3 · September 2013

I plan to start at 6 months.

I have been buying avocados and mashing them and freezing them for her first food.

I plan to do a mix of both homemade and store bought.

I'm excited to start

I'm sure real food will get old quickly but I'm really excited to see if she gains weight from food.

1and1is3 · September 2013

I'm not sure what baby lead weaning is... I am planning to give her breast milk for at least a year even though she is starting solids. Is baby lead weaning when you completely stop breast milk or just when you introduce solids?

RoxZ32 · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food?
I think the doctor is going to give me the OK at our 4 month appt. (On the 11th) but I'm not sure that is when we will start. I think it will depend on the discussion.

What will be his/her first food?
Not sure...
I may totally get judged here but we've already let her suck a little bit on watermelon and oranges and she loves them (no seeds - don't worry!). We've only done it once with each and at different times.
Her first real food will be a veggie for sure though!

Will you make or buy your baby food?
I'd like to make it!

Anything you're excited/nervous about?
Excited to see her reactions to different flavors!

blush64 · September 2013

I plan to give A food at 6 months or earlier if the doctor suggests it and I think it's necessary.

I have no idea what I will give her first. I am not opposed to cereal but I don't think I'll start with it.

I will buy some baby food and make some. Depending on how it goes I might make all of it.

I hope A is easier than her brothers were. They had medical issues beyond the regular picky eater problems

bumpuser8130818 · September 2013

1and1is3 said:
I'm not sure what baby lead weaning is... I am planning to give her breast milk for at least a year even though she is starting solids. Is baby lead weaning when you completely stop breast milk or just when you introduce solids?

You continue to provide breastmilk as a primary source of nutrition/calories and introduce food as a learning process rather than focusing on it as a main food source.

1and1is3 · September 2013

Ok thanks so much! That's what I was thinking it was.

christinaw2011 · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food?
6 months
What will be his/her first food?
I don't really know. Maybe fruits
Will you make or buy your baby food?
I really would like to make it, but I need a recipe book. I guess I will see how it goes first.
Anything you're excited/nervous about? I am excited to make my own baby food.

MamaMcCleary · September 2013

Starting @ 6 months Focusing on baby led weaning Starting with veggies in color groups ( yellows, greens,) Already started making and freezing home grown veggies and fruits (we have a peach tree) Cannot wait for all those hilarious faces when she tries things for the first time.

Lolalipsy · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food?

When we start approaching 6 months.

What will be his/her first food?

not sure yet. I'm not sure whether it should be a sweet fruit or a bland veggie first. I've ordered the baby led weaning book and I have a class sometime in September so I'll decide then.

Will you make or buy your baby food?
I'll make it.

Anything you're excited/nervous about?

excited about having her sit at the table with us.

nervous about gagging/choking.

bennyandthejets13 · September 2013

ohgrl95 said:
I plan on starting LO on oatmeal or rice depending on what his DR says at 5 months. Yea yea empty calories and all that. I've heard it.

After that I will probably try avocado if I can find one fresh at that time or green beans. I will do the vegetables first before fruit.

I plan on making my own baby food. But I also plan on cleaning my house everyday and that doesnt happen. So we will see.

This is all me.

Angela183 · September 2013

We are going to talk about it at her 4 month appointment. I'm definitely looking forward to her reactions to different things she tries.

motang · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food?
When the pedi says to... I know he discusses it at the 4 month appt

What will be his/her first food?
Oatmeal

Will you make or buy your baby food?
I'll make the food.

botanicalbliss · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food? Around 6 months - BLW

What will be his/her first food? Probably avocado

Will you make or buy your baby food? Make it

Anything you're excited/nervous about? The gagging thing

snowgirl427 · September 2013

Our pedi wants us to start at 4 mos with a tbsp of rice cereal twice a day. I still feel like bfing needs to be primary. I will have trouble holding off though. DH is pretty adamant.

Rice cereal will be first. He's low percentile for weight and high for height so I'm not too worried.

I'm going to look into blw

miraclemarie · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food? Around 4 months - Rice cereal 6 months - solid foods

What will be his/her first food? Rice Cereal - she has had this in her bottle before because she is under the percentile for her weight. When we can start solid foods we will start with vegetables - I don't want her only wanting sweet foods.

Will you make or buy your baby food? both but try to make the majority of it

Anything you're excited/nervous about? I don't want to get spit up on but I know it is inevitable! Also to see what she does and doesn't like.

be888 · September 2013

Planning to start around 6 months. Maybe oatmeal, then vegetables and fruits. We may do BLW, just not very educated about it yet. I will make baby food. I'm nervous about allergies, and choking/gagging with BLW.

flyliceandcoffee · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food?
I'm hoping we can hold off until 6 months, but it will depend on what our pedi suggests. She's already had some rice cereal in her bottles for reflux, but I don't think that counts.

What will be his/her first food?
Probably cereal. Then I'll go to veggies and then fruits. I've heard somewhere that if you start with fruits that gives them a taste for sweet foods and then they won't like other things, so we'll see what happens!

Will you make or buy your baby food?
I'd like to make our food, but in all honesty I'll probably buy some and make some.

Anything you're excited/nervous about?
I'm so not looking forward to the mess.

telicious2 · September 2013

Trish625 said:

1and1is3 said:
I'm not sure what baby lead weaning is... I am planning to give her breast milk for at least a year even though she is starting solids. Is baby lead weaning when you completely stop breast milk or just when you introduce solids?
You continue to provide breastmilk as a primary source of nutrition/calories and introduce food as a learning process rather than focusing on it as a main food source.

Also you can give baby whole food and not have to purée it. Watch some videos on YouTube. It's pretty cool to see a 6 month old gnawing on foods that we would eat.

telicious2 · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food?
At 6 months.

What will be his/her first food?
Not sure. After reading responses, probably a vegetable.

Will you make or buy your baby food?
BLW.

Anything you're excited/nervous about?
So nervous about LO choking. Excited about LO trying new tastes/textures.

wjv · September 2013

Probably going to start around 6 months and it will most likely be avacado. I will do a mixture of making and buying his food. I have a pretty good cook book I think it is call 100 Best Baby Purees that I used with my son. Too bad he didn't eat a thing. Still doesn't. I am not worried about this LO eating because I am making it my life's mission to get him to be a good eater, since my older son eats nothing! I still worry about my almost 3 year old since he has such a limited diet which pretty much only consists of greek yogurt, cereal bars and cherrios. Grrr! That kid kills me! He won't try anything new

I am getting really frustrated. I always try to think of what I did wrong with him, but it really wasn't anything I did. I just hope it gets better!

brandi3207 · September 2013

sarajim06 said:
When will you start giving LO food? I plan to introduce solids at 6 months.

What will be his/her first food?
I will start off with introducing veggies first. I'm going to start with sqaush.

Will you make or buy your baby food?
I'm going to try and make my own. Veggies seem like they would be easier to make than fruit. I need to get a book or just get recipes online. I'll probably buy what's harder to make.

Anything you're excited/nervous about?

I'm excited for baby to try new things. A little nervous about food allergies.

c-elizabethf · September 2013

When will you start giving LO food?
We will talk with her pedi at her 4 month about it but I plan on waiting until 6 months.
What will be his/her first food?
Magnet rice cereal, but I wanna do veggies first before fruits.
Will you make or buy your baby food?
I might make? I haven't decided.
Anything you're excited/nervous about?
Same with excited for baby trying new things, nervous about allergies.

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