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First solid foods..

Aden4364Aden4364 member
in May 2015 Moms
just a pole.. Did most start w cereal for baby or go straight for fruits or veggies?
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  • MrsS728MrsS728 member
    We haven't started yet. Waiting until she hits 5 months, but we will start with cereal, then veggies. Fruits will be last. 
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  • MrsS728MrsS728 member
    P.S. Poll, not pole. 
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  • kgabhartkgabhart member
    We started oatmeal cereal at 4 months. At 5 months we'll start veggies and at 6 months we'll start fruits.
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  • Roberta82Roberta82 member
    We're at 4 months 2 weeks and we're doing fruits ... We skipped the watered down cereal
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  • Aden4364Aden4364 member
    MrsS728 said:

    P.S. Poll, not pole. 


    Sorry mixture of hurried typing and auto correct. Good thing you still knew what I meant!
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  • CanadaMom17CanadaMom17 member
    Waiting until 6 months, never doing cereal, it's pretty void of any real nutrition.

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  • hollybear4hollybear4 member
    CanadaMom17 said:

    Waiting until 6 months, never doing cereal, it's pretty void of any real nutrition.


    I agree 100% with this!
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  • jame1380jame1380 member
    We started with cereal at 4 months and the plan (I thought) was to then go with a new veggie each week. He's been getting solid foods for 3 weeks now. DH gave him bananas because he liked them. Then last week we went to visit my family for the first time since he was born. We live 14 hours away from them. My grandfather loves to give babies food. He has now had every fruit along with squash and green beans. He was also snuck some mashed potatoes and whip cream from the adult plates. I was not very happy about that. But that's my grandpa. DS has done awesome with it so far! Thankfully!! The only time he seemed to have stomach issues was after having the whip cream. No surprise there!
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  • supersarah77supersarah77 member
    CanadaMom17 said:
    Waiting until 6 months, never doing cereal, it's pretty void of any real nutrition.

    Where did you get this information? Whole grain cereals are a great source of iron, which is really important for breastfed babies. And that's from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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  • ta11ta11 member
    EBF and not starting solids till closer to 8/9 months or longer , going by lo's lead!
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  • Sam2552Sam2552 member
    Lo hates cereal with a passion! Loves sweet potatoes though. Only things we have tried so far. Just started last week at 4.5 months.
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  • weavesweaves member
    My little girl hates cearal but it's such a great source of iron she's 4 months 2 weeks and at the 4omth mark just got starving !! So I started mixing pumpkin with the rice cereal in the morning and she eats this no problem now, then pumpkin or sweet potato or broccoli for lunch and mixing it up for dinner to, I just introduced some banana yesterday and she went nuts for it
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  • weavesweaves member
    My little girl hates cearal but it's such a great source of iron she's 4 months 2 weeks and at the 4omth mark just got starving !! So I started mixing pumpkin with the rice cereal in the morning and she eats this no problem now, then pumpkin or sweet potato or broccoli for lunch and mixing it up for dinner to, I just introduced some banana yesterday and she went nuts for it
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  • mars8kmars8k member
    In my culture giving babies cereal isn't very common. How do you do it? Put some in LO's bottle or mesh it up and feed it with a spoon?

    + is there special baby cereal or do you use adult beands?

    Thanks!
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  • Aden4364Aden4364 member
    mars8k said:

    In my culture giving babies cereal isn't very common. How do you do it? Put some in LO's bottle or mesh it up and feed it with a spoon?

    + is there special baby cereal or do you use adult beands?

    Thanks!

    They sell baby brand cereal. We started it just yesterday- it was 1 tbsp dry cereal (looks like instant mashed potatoes) with 4-5 tbsp breast milk.

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  • Aden4364Aden4364 member
    Aden4364 said:

    mars8k said:

    In my culture giving babies cereal isn't very common. How do you do it? Put some in LO's bottle or mesh it up and feed it with a spoon?

    + is there special baby cereal or do you use adult beands?

    Thanks!

    They sell baby brand cereal. We started it just yesterday- it was 1 tbsp dry cereal (looks like instant mashed potatoes) with 4-5 tbsp breast milk.

    And I think you can do both bottle and bowl. We just mixed it up in a bowl! :)
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  • erinjason11erinjason11 member
    When you introduce solids, does the amount of times you BF in one day decrease? If so, what do you do to not lose your supply?
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  • stephv18stephv18 member
    erinjason11 said:

    When you introduce solids, does the amount of times you BF in one day decrease? If so, what do you do to not lose your supply?

    To your question, no you keep feeding them the same at first because you don't give them too much solids at one time! Over time your baby will let you know when they are full!

    We started solids at 4 months and have only done veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes, and peas). We do like 2 tablespoons a day and introduce a new veggie every week. We haven't quite figured out how to integrate it into our every day schedule! But she loves everything we have given her!

    Anyone have suggestions on "scheduling" it into your day.?
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  • CanadaMom17CanadaMom17 member
    supersarah77 said:

    Where did you get this information? Whole grain cereals are a great source of iron, which is really important for breastfed babies. And that's from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
    Anything 'nutritional' in cereal or any grain type products has been added artificially - that's why flours, cereals, etc. are 'fortified'.  Meats, green veggies, etc. are a natural source of iron for baby.  Plus if you are formula feeding still, lo will be getting iron.  And, definitely not picking on American moms with this comment, but since formulas there are allowed to be made with corn syrup as the first or second ingredient, I'm not going to take too much from the AAP on nutrition....  And, I TOTALLY get that's all that available there, and you need to feed what you have - but as a note, our formulas in Canada of the same brand - totally different ingredient list.  I have to give LO formula here, but I'm glad it doesn't have that in it.
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  • CanadaMom17CanadaMom17 member
    erinjason11 said:
    When you introduce solids, does the amount of times you BF in one day decrease? If so, what do you do to not lose your supply?
    You should offer solids after a feed at this point - most of baby's nutrition should come from milk/formula since it's nutritionally complete, so feedings won't decrease for a few months likely.
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  • mars8kmars8k member
    So i found baby cereal but it says 6 months + i is this a suggestion or are there different brands for different ages?
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  • Aden4364Aden4364 member
    stephv18 said:

    erinjason11 said:

    When you introduce solids, does the amount of times you BF in one day decrease? If so, what do you do to not lose your supply?

    To your question, no you keep feeding them the same at first because you don't give them too much solids at one time! Over time your baby will let you know when they are full!

    We started solids at 4 months and have only done veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes, and peas). We do like 2 tablespoons a day and introduce a new veggie every week. We haven't quite figured out how to integrate it into our every day schedule! But she loves everything we have given her!

    Anyone have suggestions on "scheduling" it into your day.?
    We are also struggling with this. We have a pretty solid bed time routine, down to the minute it seems like!... We created a cute monster. We are feeding cereal (1.5 tbsp w breast milk) then bath the bottle. I know this is how you're 'supposed' to do it.. But if makes most sense so far. Suggestions welcome!!

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  • cnamommyof2cnamommyof2 member
    We started baby girl on rice cereal at 4 months. (It's just how my family does things) I don't mix it the way it says though. They want you to make it too runny! I make it thick so she can actually eat it. She probably eats about a tablespoon every morning for breakfast (around 7) and then drinks a 5oz bottle. I'm hoping to start veggies for lunch and dinner in a few weeks when she hits 5 months :)
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  • CanadaMom17CanadaMom17 member
    mars8k said:
    So i found baby cereal but it says 6 months + i is this a suggestion or are there different brands for different ages?


    The recommendation for solids is generally 6 months, so thus the recommendation.  No different types of cereals, just the choice to start early or not.
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  • vaguilloryvaguillory member
    My family mostly uses poi as a first food. Trying it with my baby boy today.
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  • jd614jd614 member
    To schedule into our day....we do first feeding around 6am and he's back down for a nap at 745am. He wakes up around 9 and we do cereal / apples mixed with 1 oz formula, then he gets the rest of that bottle after his cereal. He eats "dinner" around 5/530 and gets his last bottle at bed time around 630. 
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