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Starting Table Foods
Asked by M.M. from Phoenix
on February 25, 2007
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Hi, I am trying desperately to start to wean my son. He does not want to eat baby food or take a bottle. He watches his brother eat and always trys to grab the food....
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- We tried cheerios first. They melt in their mouth so they can't choke on them and my child liked to play with them. So we would put him in his high chair when we were ...
- My son wouldn't eat homemade baby food. But he loved Gerber and Earth's Best baby food. Try Gerber fruit or vegetable puffs for snack, meat sticks for iron, add some f...
- M., When my boys were that young the doctor told me that if they began reaching for table food than they were ready. Of course, the type of table foods you feed hi...
Foods to Give My 8 Month Old
Asked by J.N. from New York
on August 12, 2009
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Hello Moms!
I have a question about foods for my almost 8 month old. I have been giving him cereal and a fruit (stage 1) for breakfast and 3-4 oz formula then for lun...
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- J., I have a 6 month old who started cereal at 4 months. We moved on to #2 foods at 6 months- with cereal in the morning and evening with jar food. Our pediatrician s...
- I guess I may be the only one so far, but I read in several places it's okay to give them small amounts of meats that are pureed. I've mixed jarred baby food with food...
- J., Start with one vegetable at a time for 2 - 3 days at a time at lunch and dinner. If he tolerates it well then go onto another one. If he doesn't like one vegetabl...
Trouble Introducing Solids
Asked by S.F. from Santa Barbara
on August 10, 2009
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Dear Wise Mamas,
Please help! Our son has had trouble since the introduction of solids. As a backdrop, he was born with GERD, a milk/soy protein allergy and colic. ...
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- From the time my son was born to the time we introduced solids, my son had pooping issues. He was formula fed for a while (and was constipated for part of that time), ...
- I'm gonna go with your first couple of responses and say, just cool it with the foods altogether. The first six months of life only need breastmilk, the next six mont...
- My grandparents were docs...obviously old school docs...so in our family we don't introduce solids until around 9-10 months at the earliest. The idea being, that until...
Help with Feeding 10 Mo. Old Baby Boy
Asked by S.D. from Fort Collins
on July 24, 2009
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My precious little guy has picked up squawking at a very high and loud pitch when he is not being fed fast enough. I am not sure how to curb this behavior seeing how ...
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- Remember the faster you shovel the more you reinforce the sqwaking. Our tendency is to speed up and try to quickly provide what our child is asking for. This gives th...
- Just a quick one. My little girl loved eating scrambled eggs with very small pieces of ham mixed in it. Just use only the yolk till he's a little older. Its a great...
- Yes, absolutely give him what you're eating! Just watch out for his sensitivities, and no egg white or peanut butter yet. But other than that, just cut up what the res...
Am I Pushing the Solids ?? Am I Doing This Right??
Asked by K.D. from Los Angeles
on January 21, 2009
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Hello,
I am a first time mom, guess that tells you where I'm coming from LOL. My son is a breastfeed baby regretable only getting breastmilk from a bottle since I...
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- I would cut out some of the water cups. breast milk is better than water, maybe one water cup? give breast milk in the cup instead. everything else sounds good to me, ...
- Is your son content or does he act hungry? You can probably give him another bottle or sippy cup of milk just after lunch, but it sounds like he is eating well. My d...
- There's no such thing. They eat solids when they are ready and need it. Bodies have a way of migrating themselves to whatever they need. Babies especially. If he is...
Introducing Solids to Breastfed Baby
Asked by K.R. from Washington DC
on December 20, 2008
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My 4 1/2 month old boy has been exclusively breast fed and is bottle fed breast milk since I work full time. I am thinking about introducing solid foods starting with...
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- My breastfed baby spit up a lot too. Turns out this is NORMAL (though disconcerting to parents) and is not a reason to change anything, including starting solids.
- I'm in exactly the same position as you, except my son is 6 and a half months old. I introduced rice cereal mixed with breastmilk at 6 months. The doctor suggested p...
- My pediatrician recommended that I wait to introduce solids until 6 months. So I did. She didn't need anything until then AND the thrust reflex of her tongue was not...
7-Month Old Solid and Breastfeeding Advice
Asked by A.K. from Chicago
on August 7, 2007
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My son has been having Gerber Organic Stage 1 foods mixed with cereal for the past 3-4 weeks (lunch and dinner) with the rest of his meals being breast milk (nursing o...
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- There's really no reason to give cereal at all. The only nutritional value is the added iron which most babies get enough of from breastmilk/formula/vitamins anwyway....
- Everyone does this a little differently - because there's really no right answer. Here's what worked for me... I breastfed at all the regular times (every 2-3 hours...
- I don't have advice on the food but I just wanted to say to please make sure you are breastfeeding prior to a solid feeding. I am sure you are but I didn't and I lost ...
What Age Can I Start Solids
Asked by T.R. from Springfield
on January 19, 2007
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MY SON WILL BE 4 MONTHS OLD IN A WEEK. HE SEEMS UNSATISFIED WITH JUST HIS FORMULA. IS IT OK TO START SOLIDS. WHAT SOLIDS ARE THE BEST. HE IS ALLERGIC TO SOY AND MILK. ...
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- Recent research shows that the risk of food allergies decrease the later that you start solids. Waiting for your child digestive track to be more developed is a really...
- I started my kids on solid between 4-6 mo. I, like your DR.(good for your DR!) think that moms know their babies best and instinct is a pretty strong thing that we mom...
- Hi T., My daughter is 4 months.. and she's been on solids for almost 2 weeks now. All you have to do is When you start your son on solids...you just have to keep him...
What Do One Year Olds Eat?
Asked by A.J. from Atlanta
on December 10, 2008
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My youngest is turning one this week and I am trying to figure out what she can/should be eating at this age. She has been breastfeed for the past year, but I am now ...
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- My only advice is to keep trying everything you're offering her, even if she rejects it. It takes many, many times for a child to get accustomed to the texture and tas...
- HI A., Try gerber.com. They have a nutrition and feeding section that actually breaks down the age of the child and tells you what nutrition he/she needs. It could b...
- Hi A., My daughter is 13 months old and she mostly eats whatever the family is eating. She eats 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. With 2oz of fruit juice mixed with wat...
When to Start Cereal for Infant
Asked by J.S. from Davenport
on August 25, 2008
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Hi moms - I was just wondering what age is to early to start feeding cereal to a baby. I am asking for another mom - I started feeding my oldest cereal at 3 months an...
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- well I was told 4-6 months and no fruits and things until after 6 months at least because their digestive system was still forming until then. I think at 1 1/2 the k...
- Some of this may depend on whether or not the 1 1/2 month old is breastfed or not. In general though, a baby DOES NOT NEED ANYTHING other than breastmilk/formula thro...
- hi my oldest son who is 14, started at 1 month, my 2nd child was around 4 months, and he is 9. and my girl i started around 4 months also, she is 5. it all depends on ...
