When starting solids....

Re: When starting solids....

• mooncusp22 member

  September 2014

  Thanks!! We've started on oatmeal as of last week, just 1 tbsp a day mixed with formula. Most of it is ending up on her & her bib so I've been keeping the same bottle schedule. Not sure when she will "get it" that you swallow the food, but thinking more of what to do when that point comes. 

  
  

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• mooncusp22 member

  September 2014

  She lunges with mouth open to the spoon and "chomps" on it...but then most dribbles out.

  

  BFP: 12/3/15     EDD: 8/11/16     IT'S A BOY!!!
  MAXIMUS POWERS   8♥5♥16
  

   
  

  BFP: 8/5/13      EDD: 4/13/14     IT'S A GIRL!!!      
  

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• momofmanyinthemitten member

  September 2014

  I agree about the tongue reflex. However, my babies all liked their purées rather thick. Perhaps she's in the same camp. Maybe try adding less liquid?

  
  

   
  
  

  

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• hpanabaker member

  September 2014

  We do 1Tbsp of rice cereal mixed with formula.  Josh likes it a little thicker too.  We don't wait 45-60 minutes between cereal and formula, it's all the same meal.  I imagine the remainder of his formula helps to wash the cereal down.  I know I have a hard time eating food without  a drink.

  

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• MamaFantastic member

  September 2014

  By 7-8 months you should start to see a decrease in formula daily oz count. By 12 months you should be down to maybe 12-16oz daily so it can be replaced by an equivalent volume of milk once you wean off formula.

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• MamaFantastic member

  September 2014

  FFSC: I'd edit the phrase to be more like "food before 8m is just for fun". I disagree with anyone who truly believes that a 10-11 month old is just using food socially or for feeding skill development and isn't nutritionally requiring the calories, digestive complexity and nutrients they provide. That's not to minimize the importance of BM/F. I think both are necessary for the best kind of development between 6 and 12 months.
  
  Sure, I have BTDT experience like other moms of older kids, but I also have a BS in Dietetics and a resume of pediatric nutrition experience to back me up here. I'm not trying to wave my diploma around gratuitously; I say that to qualify my information as coming from more than just my own research and personal experience.

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• Jodash24 member

  September 2014

  My LO has been having bits of purée food I wouldn't eliminate any bottles

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• MamaFantastic member

  September 2014

  Well said, lala!

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• AcaAwkward member

  September 2014

  We started just shy (like a week) of 6 months with DD. We'll probably start at 6 with DS (so 2 weeks from now -- ahhhh TIME). I'd say it took a good month for DD to start really swallowing things and another before she was eating more than a few bites a day. At 10 months, I swear she was eating man-sized portions (we BLW) for some meals. I think by a year she was just nursing 2 times a day, sometimes with one or two sessions thrown in there for comfort.

  
  

  DD 2/21/2012 & DS 4/1/2014

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