First solid

blondii428 · February 2014

What solid do you plan to start LO on, or if you already have what did you start with?

EDIT: I forgot to add baby led weaning, just select SS for that!

michelle7482 · February 2014

Oatmeal and now it's oatmeal mixed with a fruit.

jdebaie · February 2014

Fruits and veggies. We've done banana, sweet potato, and peas so far.

bermybabe68 · February 2014

I wanted to do blw but my pediatrician said she went to a conference recently and apparently babies who do grains (rice/oatmeal etc) around 4-6 months are less likely to develop celiac disease. I was all against cereal but with that info and DH insistence I relented. DD is almost 5 months and has had cereal for 2 weeks now. I hate solids and am not looking forward to adding real food. Boobs are just soooooo much easier!

KMD1106 · February 2014

Oatmeal then veggies and now fruit.

DFico21 · February 2014

We started with rice cereal and he really did not like it. Next I did butternut squash puree, then carrot puree and now we are on avocado puree. I am introducing 1 new food per week. He turns 6 months tomorrow.

stephl3055 · February 2014

madeline10L said:

We did avocado first which is technically a fruit.

This is what we are going to do, but more than likely we are waiting until 6 months.

ajbook · February 2014

We did avacado. Mostly because she was trying to eat it off my salad so I gave her a peice. Then I just started grinding bits up for her when I make dinner.

blondii428 · February 2014

I'm waiting until the 6 month mark but since it's getting closer I'm getting more anxious about what to do. I plan on talking to his pedi but I think I would like to avoid rice cereal all together.

AppleMuffins · February 2014

I plan in doing oatmeal instead of rice cereal.

MegStark · February 2014

Oatmeal was first!

Next we'll try banana or sweet potato. I want to try purees for a bit but also add in some BLW.

jackdaniels13 · February 2014

Started a little cereal and she did not like it. Tried butternut squash last night and she liked it better but she is still not a fan of spoon feeding. Just bought the BLW book and I am waiting for it to get here so I can get familiar with how to start this.

dukeblue27 · February 2014

So this might be a really stupid question but I'm a FTM so I need help

when you say oatmeal is there a special baby oatmeal or just regular stuff. I'm asking because I didn't want to give rice cereal but oatmeal might be a good idea. TIA!

JGior1031 · February 2014

We started 4 days ago with butternut squash and today they started sweet potatoes and in 4 days we will start carrots. My twins have silent reflux and are on medication for it but the GI Dr. thought foods would help. We tried thickening feeds first with rice and the oatmeal cereal and it was a constipation disaster!!!!! They have been having some constipation with the solids but nothing compared to the cereal!

sunshine2929 · February 2014

I started with oatmeal, now we do oatmeal and pureed banana. I plan to start apple and then avocado... probably one new one per week.

Burrberrymum · February 2014

I voted SS because were starting with chicken followed by avocado.

JamieWM · February 2014

Oatmeal then veggies (sweet potatoes, peas, squash) then some fruits (apples, bananas) the bananas made him constipated. He has a serving around lunch time

AlejandraN2 · February 2014

Started with baby oatmeal a week ago and just introduced sweet potato yesterday. She seems to be ok with the spoon, more so with every feeding. But doesn't love the taste of oatmeal. She seemed to like the sweet potato better. I think we'll try squash next and then avocado. She turns 6 mths on Friday and can try fruit next week too.

munchkinsmama · February 2014

We started with rice cereal (LO poops 3+ times a day) then carrots, squash, apples, sweet potatoes. My chub-a-butt loves it all, he also grabbed an avocado off my plate so at 6 months I'll offer both purees and soft solids. He is an eater, kicks his legs in excitement anytime we are near his highchair.

VitaLuna · February 2014

We'll start with avocado (BLW) this week after her 6mo appt. She has started showing a major interest in our food (trying to grab food after I put it in my mouth, opened her mouth wide when I have her a teething tablet yesterday, etc), so we'll see what she does when she actually has the opportunity to eat something.

ETA: we'll probably follow with sweet potato. I want to hold off on sweet fruits for a few weeks.

kje120 · February 2014

Started with oatmeal and then tried sweet potatoes and green beans.

MegStark · February 2014

dukeblue27 said:

So this might be a really stupid question but I'm a FTM so I need help when you say oatmeal is there a special baby oatmeal or just regular stuff. I'm asking because I didn't want to give rice cereal but oatmeal might be a good idea. TIA!

@dukeblue27 - there's baby oatmeal. It's next to the rice cereal. You mix it with formula or breastmilk.

princessvespa1 · February 2014

When we start, it will be oatmeal. Doctor suggested then moving to puree meats due to their bland flavour before doing veggies, then going to fruits.

beatingIF · February 2014

Start with sweet potatoes. Forgoing the rice cereal but I may make my own gluten free oatmeal for DD.

elm005 · February 2014

Our Ped said the new recommendation is to start with chicken at 6 mo for EBF babies so we plan to start with chicken. I will be reading about the grains and celiac correlation though. I really think LO is ready now.

redfallon · February 2014

I haven't done any baby food or puree stuff. She's not ready yet as far as BLW since she hasn't grabbed onto any food and doesn't try to grab it even if I put it on the tray in front of her. However, she opens her mouth wide and gets excited when I show her banana. I've given her banana (thumbs up), strawberry (thumbs down), blackberry mixed with banana (thumbs up), a flat Italian green bean (mostly thumbs up - I held it while she sucked on the end of it), tomato (so-so; also held it while she sucked on it).

Mainly, I'm giving her things that I'm already eating, not giving her things that are made just for her to eat alone. If I ate oatmeal regularly, I may have tried to give her some.

amy11401 · February 2014

Baby oatmeal

aml8979 · February 2014

We did peas yesterday for the first time. At first he spit it out and then ate it all up. He is ebf and they fed him a bottle of formula at daycare and this is what he looked like when I got him home after throwing up everywhere .. Not sure if it is the peas or formula?

ginamarie1005 · February 2014

@aml8979 oh no! I hope he feels better. Did they ask you before giving the formula?

RagsdaleA · February 2014

Oatmeal. Tried banana on Saturday and she HATED it so we're going with sweet potatoes instead. She tolerated it but didn't chow down like she does for her oatmeal.

Salemkitty13 · February 2014

aml8979 said:

We did peas yesterday for the first time. At first he spit it out and then ate it all up. He is ebf and they fed him a bottle of formula at daycare and this is what he looked like when I got him home after throwing up everywhere .. Not sure if it is the peas or formula?

That's terrible! I hope he's better soon.

aml8979 · February 2014

ginamarie1005 said:
@aml8979 oh no! I hope he feels better. Did they ask you before giving the formula?

He went through all of his bottles and was still hungry so they opened his emergency can of formula. I am going to toss the powder stuff and try the liquid formula instead.

psychgirl33 · February 2014

We are doing BLW. We've let her try banana, avocado, and broccoli since she's sitting pretty well, interested, and grabbing for our food. She like the banana and broccoli pretty well, not the avocado.

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