feeding solids

jennme · December 2013

Hi Ladies,

Im from the 3-6mon board and the Aug 2013 board and I just want some opinions from some ladies who are going through this or have gone through it. i was wondering how you started introducing solids. I heard that you should do one fruit or veggie at a time for like 10 days or something? I don't know. Pedi isn't much help on specifics. How did you start? what did you start with? How much? How did you progress? Etc. Im also going to post this on the 9-12 mon board and another bumpie posted a similar question so hoping for some help

TIA!

LisaLisa1980 · December 2013

Give a new food every 3 days to see if it causes a reaction

We started with oat cereal, apple sauce, pear, chick peas, beans, yams, peas, carrots.. All mashed up

Some ppl think to give fruit last but I don't agree with that.

bumpuser3155624 · December 2013

We tried rice cereal a few different times with no interest. Finally got some interest with the banana/apple oatmeal. After 4 days went to avocado and now on sweet potato. Next will be pears.

smash1228 · December 2013

We started around 5.5 mo. We skipped cereal and gave avocado as her first food per our pedi. Then sweet potato, peas, pears, and zucchini. We waited 3 days between just to make sure she had no reactions. She now eats a variety of combinations. I eventually did add oatmeal cereal which she now has for breakfast mixed with fruit.

https://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com

This is a great website if you want to try to make your own food. Also just for general info on introducing solids as well.

pinottoparenthood · December 2013

In the beginning we gave one new food for 3 days at atime, but that took forever so we stopped that shortly thereafter. It's a good idea to keep in mind what new foods your baby is having at any time, though, so that if your baby DOES have an allergic reaction, you have a good idea of which food caused it. Our guy had an allergic reaction to salmon. I knew it was the salmon because he had already tried everything else at that meal before.

steelerbaby29 · December 2013

My son is 6 months and he started solids about 3 weeks ago. I started with green beans, peas, squash, sweet potatoes, bananas and now onto apples. I found out that he has slightly low iron so I am going to give him a little oatmeal mixed with a fruit in the morning. I give a new food to him for 3-4 days and he is eating about 1.5-2 tablespoons 2x a day. I have read that you should give a food 10 times before determining your LO doesn't like it, not 10 days. My pedi told me that he won't starting eating 3 "meals" a day until closer to 9 months.

aibrean · December 2013

We started with rice cereal (very short time..maybe two weeks if that) and then went over to whole grain oatmeal (although Gerber has it listed under single grain...for supported sitters - it's the organic one). We started with apples first and then carrots and just went back on forth between fruit and veggie on what we introduced. Mine likes veggies better. I think it might be that when I was pregnant I had gestational diabetes and so for the last 15 weeks-ish I couldn't have much fruit. I would spike on so much stuff then.

diana.filipi · December 2013

I've done BLW with all 3 of mine. I don't worry about allergies. If there was a reaction we'd backtrack but we are low risk for one so I act like it. The only food I delay is honey since that's a botulism risk not an allergy risk.

Each baby as they begin to eat gets some of what we're all having for the most part. For example my 6 month old tonight had tortellini with 2 meatballs, banana, and pumpernickel rye bread. He's only been eating table food for about 1 1/2-2 weeks. For breakfast this morning he had scrambled cheesy eggs, raw apple slices, and some waffle.

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