What is the first first solid?

CatherineDC2012 · October 2014

We are doing rice cereal, really just for training as this stuff is mush! What did you or will start with? I ask because I read starting with something sweet ( sweet pot, banana) may not be the best route.

UnofficiallyLO · October 2014

Check out the recent starting solids thread. We started with banana and will try sweet potato soon. Technically, we started with breast milk and I don't think it gets much sweeter than that.

chichi589 · October 2014

We started with sweet potato he's had every veggie and fruit now didn't refuse any of them. He was used to breast milk as well.

Mustardseed2007 · October 2014

First first was sweet potato. I have a major sweet tooth also *shrug* I'm probably ruining her for life.

Just my experience with ds is that it kind of doesn't matter. He ate everything from apples to kale when he was a baby, now he tries to only eat what he likes. A friend of mine's daughter ate similarly to ds when she was a baby and she she is super picky. Like she doesn't like cake, but she does like cookies. Hates beef in any form but will eat chicken.

I picked sweet potato bc it's nutrient rich. We so far have had sweet potato, peas, apples, oatmeal and we tried bananas but she didn't eat them-I think it was a mood thing though. I'm going to try avocado today bc we have some on hand, and then I'm going to do green beans.

cnbean · October 2014

Carrots. Cereal is pointless and I don't think too many kids really like it. I did it with DS1 and decided to just skip it this time around.

steph1977 · October 2014

Check out wholesomebabyfood.com for some great suggestions

LaBelle0412 · October 2014

@eme520‌ will you go for getting all of LO's iron from naturally iron rich foods, iron fortified baby foods, or use a supplement?

Rrrrrachel · October 2014

I think worrying about starting with something sweet is pointless. Breast milk is super sweet. If anything is going to give a kid a sweet tooth that it.

juniper75 · October 2014

I have been giving LO cereal for the iron and she really likes it so I will keep it in the rotation for now. We have tried peas, carrots, sweet potato, pears, butternut squash, apples and banana.

So far her favorites were the peas, carrots and squash. She was not impressed with the apples or bananas

Emyawl · October 2014

This is off topic I guess, but is it common to get blood work done for well baby visits? (Since @eme520‌ mentioned a hemoglobin check at nine months.). We've never had any done except for newborn stuff, and that includes on my son who is 6 years...

juniper75 · October 2014

@Emyawl - My DD is 2 and has never had any bloodwork done. Maybe it depends on where you are though....I am in Canada.

alice928 · October 2014

@Emyawl‌ we check a lead level and hemoglobin at 12 months and then another lead level at 24 months (and if hemoglobin was low at 12 months, we recheck that as well)

LaBelle0412 · October 2014

I'll have to check at our 6 mo visit in a couple weeks about a 9 mo blood draw. I knew we would have a 12 mo iron check, but I didn't want to wing it for 6 mo feeding iron rich food without a supplement and not having it do the trick. Our pedi already recommended polyvisol starting at 6 mo, but after the rice cereal caused so much GI distress I am hesitant. I know the iron supplement I've been on since last Aug does not do good things to my system!

Thanks @eme520‌ ! Glad someone else has been thinking about it

Emyawl · October 2014

Thanks for the input! I'm in Canada too, so that must be the difference.

Rrrrrachel · October 2014

My dr only does iron at two. We missed it by accident.

Ksample89 · October 2014

LO had oatmeal a few times just to test her tongue reflex. Once she was able to keep things in I started with banana. She has had apples and avocado so far too. She seems to like everything. She wants food everytime we are at the dinner table now.

CatherineDC2012 · October 2014

These are all interesting responses especially the liver talk! Gross but I see the benefits. If you are doing liver and egg told how is that going?

That actually brings me to another question related to vitamins- anyone else do poly vi sol and tired of the staining? LO takes it ok, but when we drool at all it stains whatever we are wearing! I realize this is a vanity thing but seriously it's staining bed clothes at night if I do it then, all burp cloths ( who cares I know) and day clothes f I do it when we get dressed for the day!

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