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Introducing Baby Foods
Asked by K.A. from Phoenix
on April 10, 2008
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Can anybody offer any advice on introducing solids to a 6 month old. I would rather stay away from rice cereal because of its digestive issues. I plan to make my own b...
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- I have not heard of the book Super Baby foods before your email. I will be checking it out. I found and liked the books First Meals by Annabel Karmel, and Baby Let's E...
- Hi K., I've been making my 10-month-old's food since we started solids at 6 months, and so far have had very good luck with it. We started with easily digestable fo...
- Super Baby food by Ruth Yaron, is a terrific book about making food and when to give certain things, etc. Just start with veggies and fruit like avacado, sweet potatoe...
Introducing Solid Foods... HELP! :-)
Asked by G.M. from Los Angeles
on August 14, 2008
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HI there, I am a mom of 3 (and yes I still have a question... haha). My two older ones are 9 and 11 years old and I just had a baby girl in February she is now 5.5 mon...
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- G., as long as she pushes the food out she's not ready for solids. All babies have that reflex. I didn't start solids for my kids before they were between 6 and 8 mon...
- Hi G., I saw that you got plenty of responses. I have to agree with the mom who thought perhaps your baby just might not be quite ready yet. I'm very big on breas...
- So great that you're breast feeding. Most pediatricians recommend waiting until 6 months of age before introducing food. I would try feeding her rice cereal only with ...
Introducing Vitamins
Asked by A.V. from Los Angeles
on February 14, 2008
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My son is 6 months old and just starting solids. Because he is breastfed, our doctor suggested that we give him vitamins for added iron. We tried Enfamil drops, and th...
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- since hes just starting solids i suggest to make some beans and smash them because they contain a lot of iron in them...i did that for my daughter and she loves them.....
- Hi A. I am sure you are dealing with a lot this week with just going back to work but I wanted to comment on your request. I have been giving my daughters (20 mos, 4...
- I just give my son the cereals that are fortified with iron, and make sure to give him a variety of nutrient rich foods, and that seems to work for us. It is very har...
Starting Solid Food
Asked by J.S. from New York
on May 3, 2010
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Hi Moms-
My baby is almost 5 mo's old and I'm thinking of starting her on solid food soon. My pediatrician says that there is no need to start her on baby cereal f...
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- If possible it's better to hold off on starting solids until your baby is AT LEAST 6 months old, because until 6 months (later for some babies) the digestive system is...
- My son is 4 months old but I JUST went to the pediatrician with him today so I can tell you wheat they told me. The reason they give rice cereal first is because 1-it ...
- Hello! I'm going to answer your questions one at a time. 1. We used rice cereal and oatmeal because it was something that was cheap and easy as an introduction to s...
6 Month Old Reaction to Applesauce?
Asked by A.P. from Los Angeles
on December 8, 2008
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I've been feeding my six month old daughter on solids for about a month, starting with rice cereal, and gradually introducing vegetables. She did fine on the vegetabl...
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- My son is allergic to apples. The same thing happened. We introduced him to rice cereal and all the veggies and he was fine. The first time I gave him the apples sa...
- she could have an allergy to the apples i would ask her dr about it. also you can let it clear up and feed it to her again and see if it shows up. i know with my daugh...
- Hi A., I would ask er ped, cause I doubt very serriously that the apples casued the rash, it's all natural there is nothing in there to cause a allergic reaction, it m...
Starting Baby on Solids
Asked by D.G. from Detroit
on July 1, 2008
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My baby girl just turned 4 months Sunday and has already been on ceral for 3 weeks and I am now ready to try foods, and I've heard and read several different feeding s...
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- Our doctor recommended vegetables first. We've always used Gerber (got to support the Michigan economy.) What we did was start with peas, and he would have 1/2 the con...
- your child is too young for solid foods.. for the first year ALL of the nutrition comes from breast milk/formula the cereal and baby food just fills up those tin...
- Hi D., My daughter was 4 months old when we started her on solids too. Our pediatrician had us start with vegetables first then fruit. He said the reason is that fru...
6 Month Old Starting Solids... HELP
Asked by M.L. from New York
on April 1, 2008
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I just came back from the doctor and feel confused about how to start feeding- what times, amounts and what foods. When to introduce lunch and dinner and then snacks....
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- #1 Rule, when you introduce something new to your child keep feeding that type of food to her for a couple of days,and don't introduce to many new things to her at onc...
- I started my first son on rice cereal at 6 months and he got really constipated so I started my second son (also at 6 months) with oatmeal (much better on his tummy). ...
- Oh my gosh-I remember the confusion so well. And none of the books seem too helpful, just more confusion. Basically if your doctor said you can start food-go for it. ...
Thinking About Starting My Son on Solids
Asked by V.W. from Minneapolis
on March 10, 2011
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My son turned 4 months on February 28/March 1 (There was no February 29). I know that the youngest you can start an infant on solids is 4 months. My home health nurse ...
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- When our daughter turned 4 months old (she is now 9 mo), our pediatrician told us that the rules had changed and it is now a good thing to start at 4 months because th...
- six plus cereal and dependingon him he may need more than 1 tsp once a day on cereal. if you try that and he still acts hungry go to 7 oz and 1 tsp cereal. if he start...
- they give you all kinds of confusing advice dont they. for your child's intestines, wait. if hes ripping the spoon from your hands when you are eating, then try some...
Starting Cereal and Continuing to Breastfeed
Asked by E.M. from Boston
on March 18, 2008
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Hello moms,
My pediatrician wants me to start feeding my 4.5 month old son cereal and because they think he has a milk protein allergy. They want me to start him on...
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- Get your son checked at the chiropractor, first. If he's been "fussy" since birth, he may have some birth trauma that is manifesting in what you think is being "fussy...
- Maybe he doesn't have an allergy to milk, but to something IN the milk? My son was so fussy when he was a baby, and no one knew how to help... When he was two, a...
- From everything I've read babies are not able to properly digest solids until at least six months, introducing them sooner can cause digestive problems and further foo...
Starting on Solids
Asked by D.L. from Roanoke
on February 7, 2012
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Dear mums ,
my baby has turned 6 months and it is time for solids. I have decided to start with vegetables, but what are the good vegetables to start with?
Also it...
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- I used Beech-Nut cereal, I can't remember if we started with Barley or Oatmeal. I think our first veggie was either carrot or sweet potato...
- Please don't listen to the advice you received that eating vegetables will make a baby not want formula, or that baby food has no nutrients. I'm sorry, but it's puree...
- Earth's Best and Happy Baby products (look in the organic, frozen foods section) are both great brands!!!
