What Should I Feed My 6 Month Old?

There has been a lot of stuff put out on this but here is what I did after I did all my research. I started him out on the orange veggies, did one veggie for at least 2 days to watch for allergies. Then I started gree veggies, then on to fruit. Good Luck

My pediatrician has a great brochure with step-by-step suggestions for each month, 6-12. If you check with yours, they might have something similar I'm sure they'd be happy to send to you or give you at your 6mo check-up. Otherwise, here are two web sites I have found helpful:

http://www.babycenter.com/0_age-by-age-guide-to-feeding-y...

http://www.child.gov.ab.ca/acyi/parenting/health/Nutritio...

I have 2 daughters (and am expecting a third) who I have made baby food for and I would never do it any different. I was just as confused as you were in the beginning. I got loads of books out of the library, but the best one I found was called "Super Baby Food" by Ruth Yaron. It is EXCELLENT. It a little "crunchy" (promotes cloth diapering and natural things along that line which I do anyway), but it is soooo thorough. It basically tells you what stuff (vitamins, minerals) your baby needs when and what kinds of food will provide that, when they can start eating it, how to prepare it, how to store it, EVERYTHING! It will save you bundles and is way healthier. The basic ideas is freezing the food in batches in ice cube trays after steaming, and thawing out individual cubes as you need them. It really isn't that time consuming either, aside from an afternoon of preparing a bunch of food every once in a while (no different that going to the grocery store.) Good luck! I hope you find it as fun and rewarding as I did.

If you're not sure what to feed him first,it's better to consult with your Dr. and see what he/she says. My daughter has a 7 month old and she was feed him baby foods since he was 2 mos old up to the age of 5 mos as the Dr told her to do go ahead and do so then go ahead and increase of introducing different types of table foods to him since his formula was enough to fill him up. It really all depends on what your baby is ready for.You are better off following what your Dr. says b/c if anything comes of it, it was the Dr.'s idea and not your for the fear of getting in trouble from your Dr or state for not feeding him properly. Its best to be safe then sorry. I hope this helped.

My daughter just turned 6 months and I just had her at the doc for her checkup. My pediatrician said I can give her finger food now. She so wants what everyone else is eating. The doc said as long as it's easy to eat and not a choking hazard go for it---pieces of toast, cooked soft veggies, bananas....Gerber has fabulous little puffs that disintigrate in the mouth. They are great because babies can grab and feed themselves. The doc also said she should be eating at least a half a cup of cereal a day to help increase her iron. I mix the veggies w/ her cereal at dinner and natural applesauce (just apples and water) in her cereal for breakfast.

As for the start w/ veggies and then move on to fruits...it really doesn't matter because babies naturally prefer sweet (especially if they are breastfed). I did veggies first and fruits later w/ my first and did fruits first and veggies later w/ my second. They are 5 and 3 respectively and both are good eaters----both prefer fruit to vegetables though.

I'd suggest starting on one veggie the first week then maybe try a fruit the next week. Allow a week or two inbetween new foods so you know whether or not there will be a reaction and you'll be able to pin point which food caused it. Start with veggies first so he doesn't hook on the sweetness of the fruits and then avoids the veggies. Once you know that there are no reactions then mix the two one each. I gave rice cereal along with the food. Stay away from citrus for over a year or two. Anything that starts with the letter P and beans are not constipating and bananna's and apples are most constipating.

I started boht my boys on homemade applesauce at 6 months old. We skipped hte rice cereal.... its not the best food, its binding and not easy to digest. Docs recommend it since its the lowest on the allergen list.

www.wholesomebabyfood.com is a GREAT site to make your own baby food.I spend maybe 2hrs to make enoug hfood for 1-2 months. ITs cheaper, easy, and so much healthier for baby!

Start with one food for several days before adding a new one. This gives you time to make sure that your son is not having any reactions such as allergies or diaper rash.

Sweet potatoes & bananas are good foods to start with. Just make sure you watch his stools with the bananas as they can cause contipation. Apple sauce is also good (and can counteract the bananas). Just stick to simple single ingredient foods. Do not feed him anything with added sugars etc. They are not needed. Make sure you get add vegetable as soon as you can & offer them consitantly. This will get him used to eating them and more willing to eat them as he gets older & starts feeding himself.

If you are interested on making his food yourself i suggest purchasing the Bullet mini food processor. It is simple to use works great and easy to clean.

Start him out on Rice cereal because it's the easiest for him to digest. And I tried giving my son the green vegetables at first but he didn't like them of course so I went on to other foods. If your son doesn't like the greens either it is NO BIG DEAL!!! lol. Eventually, once we got to the bigger jars, he'd eat a whole 6 oz. jar of green beans. Now, I know you aren't doing jars, but still what I'm saying is just because he doesn't like the green vegetables now doesn't mean that he won't like them in the future. And besides they are suppose to get most of their nutrition from formula/breast milk the first year. So, don't worry too much.

Have you spoken to your pediatrician about it? Usually they recommend that you start with rice cereal. From there, my pediatrician (and books I read) recommended moving onto veggies (first green and then oranges/yellows) and then fruits. They say if you start with the sweeter stuff (fruits and orange/yellow veggies), they won't like the darker green stuff. Good luck!