what are you starting with?

danadane75 · December 2013

Are you giving LO rice cereal first or straight to baby food? At what age are you going to start solids?

I picked peaches and her 5 month birthday! Im excited to see her try it for the first time!

kwrecks · December 2013

We are doing BLW so she will skip cereal and have probably avocado and sweet potato first.

MommyKristin88 · December 2013

We will most likely start with green beans. We will probably wait until he's close to 6 months or so.

Revez · December 2013

I'm planning on doing BLW as well. I haven't really looked into it all that much, but we'll likely start with veggies.

carrotcake06 · December 2013

We had their 6mo well visit on Fri and she asked if we had started. I said no and she encouraged us to start. We'll get there. I'm in no rush.

We'll likely start w oatmeal but move on to other fruits and veggies. We'll do purees for a few months - I'll make all of them - and then phase out purees by 11-12mo once they get better at finger food.

kaylababy5 · December 2013

I will prob start with veggies. My pedi rec orange colored veggies first so will prob give squash when he seems ready. I'm in no rush.

Texasmomma13 · December 2013

I spoke to our pedi about this last week at our 4mo visit. He advised me to wait till 6 months or so, 5 at the earliest. He said it was up to me whether to have cereal and oatmeal. According him it makes no nutritional difference. We'll probably skip them and go straight to veggies. Fruit will be last. I'd love for her to not crave sweets and I've heard putting them last may help that.

LiylaRae · December 2013

We will either start with rice cereal or veggies. We haven't decided yet. And we will probably try sometime between 5 and 6 months but probably closer to 6 months.

MommyAmes2 · December 2013

The recommendation is starting with veggies. If they start with fruit, and taste that sweet taste, it is going to be hard to get them to eat veggies (if even at all). I would maybe reconsider your choice, if it were me. We started our other two out with green beans first.

I am not starting until 5-6 months. We are skipping rice cereal, my other kids hated it anyway. I am unsure if we are doing BLW or baby food. I haven't decided yet.

danadane75 · December 2013

MommyAmes2 said:
The recommendation is starting with veggies. If they start with fruit, and taste that sweet taste, it is going to be hard to get them to eat veggies (if even at all). I would maybe reconsider your choice, if it were me. We started our other two out with green beans first.
I am not starting until 5-6 months. We are skipping rice cereal, my other kids hated it anyway. I am unsure if we are doing BLW or baby food. I haven't decided yet.

Maybe I should switch to a veggie then..good advice

TexasGirl81 · December 2013

Most def green veggies along with other veggies. I want to try to stay away from sugar as long a possible. Of course we will throw in a fruit every now and then.

RoosterMemphis · December 2013

I'm in no rush. She hasn't even started to show any interest yet anyway. We might start with oatmeal since I already make it everyday for breakfast. I'll get more serious about the whole thing once she is showing more signs. Until then, we be chillin.

rooftop · December 2013

pedi encouraged us to start solids at her 4 month well baby since LO EBFs with no bottle feeding and we're hoping to lower her reflux dose but were not using cereal, we started with avacado.

MitsB707 · December 2013

We talked to the pedi about it at his 4 month visit, but told her we'll be waiting until 6 months. We're hoping to try blw, but I definitely have to read more about it ASAP. Little man is already interested on our food.

WildRumpus · December 2013

We'll be using steel cut oatmeal. He's 4 months today and is showing some interest along with some of the other signs, so we may give it a try in the next few days just to see what he'll do.

BelhurstBride · December 2013

We'll do BLW when she appears ready, not likely anytime before 6 months. What we starts with depends on what's on the menu the night we decide to start.

BelhurstBride · December 2013

MommyAmes2 said:

The recommendation is starting with veggies. If they start with fruit, and taste that sweet taste, it is going to be hard to get them to eat veggies

I've also read that it's good to start with something sweet because bM is sweet and it's a more palatable transition. I'm sure no one knows for sure.

CaliforniaDream87 · December 2013

We will start veggie purées next month (5 months).

girlmama83 · December 2013

We will be starting homemade veggie purées after her 6mo appt. EBF until then. I would love to start with spinach but we will see.

BabyE143 · December 2013

Next month (5 months) we will start with avocados.

tdmklm · December 2013

Oatmeal and green veggies first. Not sure when. Sometime soon, probably.

@BelhurstBride, holy smokes, your siggy photo is ADORABLE.

NikkiD522 · December 2013

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rooftop said:
pedi encouraged us to start solids at her 4 month well baby since LO EBFs with no bottle feeding and we're hoping to lower her reflux dose but were not using cereal, we started with avacado.

This .. Minus we started putting a small amount of oatmeal in his bottle to help try and thicken a little.He loved avocado!! AW time..

starshower22 · December 2013

There are a lot of good suggestions here! DD is 5 months tomorrow and has been showing serious interest in food. I was hoping to make it to 6 mo. before trying any foods since she's doing well with BFing but she is seriously stating us down when we eat and even copies the chewing motion with her mouth.

janneann1127 · December 2013

No idea. Between 5-6 months, probably starting with a green or orange veggie. We are already adding rice cereal to his bottle for diarrhea issues.

BlueJewelM · December 2013

Waiting until 6 months. Will start with rice cereal or oatmeal mixed with breastmilk.

Then probably some veggie purées. Around 8 or 9 months id like to be doing bits and pieces of stuff, more like BLW.

V&G101808 · December 2013

At his 4 months check-up the pedi suggested to wait until 6 months. She said if we wanted, we could try after 5 months but they strongly suggest waiting until 6. We'll probably start in the new year, after he's 5.5 months old.

Although the pedi suggested starting with yellows/oranges first (butternut/acorn squash, carrots, sweet potatoes) I may start with avocados because that's something we actually eat at home. We'll see though.

Edit: ^^I say this because I plan on making all the purees and don't want 2lbs of acorn squash puree sitting in the freezer because DH and I don't each much of it.

carrotcake06 · December 2013

When making my own purees last time, I bought ice cube trays and would make big batches of fruits and veggies, portion into nice cube trays, cover w plastic wrap and label, and then pop out into gallon ziploc bags when frozen. They keep for a couple months, prob longer in a deep freeze. I just microwaved a cube when I needed it.

WashingtonQueen · December 2013

Post #1702 about food.

RoosterMemphis · December 2013

Shit. Avocado sounds so good right now.

magdalina.h · December 2013

BLW and we'll start around 6 months. She's had a couple of tastes of sweet potatoes, but that was just for fun.

Soleil3 · December 2013

We'll do BLW when hes ready. My goal is to get him used to different tastes and textures, not fill him up, so cereal isnt on the list.

LJUTCMommy · December 2013

I was planning to wait until 6 mos, but with her slow weight gain we'll probably start between 5 and 6 which is really soon for us! She'll be 5 mos on the 25th.

I may introduce oatmeal at some point, but no rice cereal.

DH is going to make some food and freeze it this week. We're starting with squash.

mrs.JL · December 2013

Just had 4 month check and was told to start with meat and veggies while not focusing on cereal. We'll be waiting until 6 months.

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