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Starting Solids with My 9 Month Old
Asked by F.F. from Chicago
on January 16, 2008
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My son will turn 9 months old next week. He's eating stage 2 food & drinking his bottles. I've tried a few stage 3 foods, but he gags on it & then won't take it. I'm n...
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- I would try some very soft finger/table foods for him. Stage 3 foods are a really odd texture to me, and I'm not surprised they gag on them. They have that smoothnes...
- Hi F., Almost everyone I have spoken to says their children rejected stage 3, went from stage 2 to finger foods, including mine. So don't stress, he might never ...
- As long as he still gets formula or breastmilk, the food is really just "practice." While they are getting some nutrients from it, their primary source of nutrition i...
When to Start Rice Cereal?
Asked by O.P. from Las Vegas
on November 1, 2006
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does anyone know when most doctors start babies on rice cereal? I have a 4 month old and she allways crys when we eat dinner like shes upset we dont give her anything....
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- I started my son on rice cereal at 3 mo. He loved the stuff and seemed to do fine with it. (except he cried when I couldn't keep it coming fast enough). Just start of ...
- Our pediatrician advised us to wait until 6-months old before feeding them cereal or any other solids. He had us start 2 weeks before the 6 month checkup with rice ce...
- Hello O.~ I must certainly say after reading all of the inputs I have to agree with Jen. I started my boys each of them on cereal at a month old. Why? They were hun...
Need Advice on Starting Solids
Asked by J.P. from Miami
on August 16, 2009
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Hi Moms,
I started my 6-month-old on solids last week and he loves the rice cereal but absolutely hates everything else. I've tried pears and apples and he gags and...
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- My daughter always hated the cereals but loved the foods! However, she didn't like fruit at all at first. I started with carrots and those were her favorite. Then s...
- Maybe you want to wait a bit more before intoducing him to different flavors. It's been only one week and remember its a taste they have never tried before. Try again ...
- you can just keep giveing him the rice cereal and in a week or two try the other food again. Their taste changes as they grow.
Soy Formula-Fed Baby Starting Solids
Asked by J.M. from New York
on March 26, 2009
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When she was a few weeks old my daughter wasn't taking well to the regular Enfamil as it seemed she had a milk protein allergy and was switched to soy. She has done ve...
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- I would continue to give her formula till she's at least one. My son had trouble digesting milk at first, and we kept him drinking smaller amounts of formula until he...
- Hi J., My two older daughters both had to be on soy formula but the transition to solids was surprisingly easy. I started them on yogurt and eggs (small bits of scra...
- My daughter was drinking soy formula her first year, too. We tried to introduce her to some dairy shortly after her 9 months, and she didnt react very well to it. But ...
Fenugreek for Breastmilk Stimulation?
Asked by K.M. from Atlanta
on January 14, 2009
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I am not currently having a flow issue but may once my daughter starts on some solids so I wanted to go ahead and see what other moms have to say about Fenugreek. Goo...
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- I used it, along with Blessed Thistle, upon my OB's and Hospital Lactation Consultants recommendation and it worked great. Any natural health food store should have b...
- i had a great result with fenugreek caplets. my sweet son had reflux that caused him some nursing issues early on which caused me to have decreased production early o...
- I used Fenugreek and it kept my supply going; not an abundance, but kept me going. I dried up in a week of stopping it. I currently have a 3 month old son and would pr...
Giving Water to a 6 Month Old Exclusively Breastfed Baby When Starting Solids
Asked by O.A. from Washington DC
on March 25, 2009
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My sweet boy is 5 months a 3 weeks old. He is exclusively breastfed but we recently began trying him out with rice cereal a couple of times a week (mixed with breastm...
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- He is still so young it is really not necessary but I have let some of my kids play with a sippy cup of water at that age. Food when they are that young is really abo...
- Great idea, giving water in a sippy cup with meals is a great habit....But wait until and ask nurse/dr how much or when to start water due to concerns about diluting h...
- I believe the doctors say 1 oz of juice for every month old they are a day...i choose pear and prune juice because rice is know to stop up your baby...I believe that i...
Four Month Old Throwing up Solids All of a Sudden
Asked by J.M. from Chicago
on January 20, 2009
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Greetings moms. I started my four month old son on solids about three weeks ago. We started with a little single grain oatmeal cereal for a few days, then introduced a...
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- Nowadays, some peds recommend starting solids around 6m, and later if there is a family history of food allergies. I recommend reading Dr Sears "The Baby Book" or v...
- Maybe you should wait until he is a little older. His stomach may not be able to handle it. Just because the ped gave the green light, does not mean you have to start.
- Just because the ped said to start doesn't mean you should. You're the mom. Wait a few more months atleast and give him time to develop a stronger gut. He's just no...
Starting Solids
Asked by B.K. from Binghamton
on October 25, 2008
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Hi all! My son is 4 months old and we just tried rice cereal last night. The faces he made! I can tell it is definitely not going to be a hit - how soon can I try t...
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- B., I started my daughter on solids when she was 6 months. She was a late sitter so I wanted to make sure she could at least be seated and have some sense of balan...
- I actually gave my son sweet potatoes and pears before cereal. I would keep up the rice cereal for at least a week, but then add some pears to it. After another week...
- Sometimes faces are just a result of trying something new. Did you make the rice cereal very watery? It should be pretty thin for the first few feedings. Did you mi...
Starting Solids
Asked by A.C. from Detroit
on June 18, 2008
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Hallo-
My 5 1/2 month old started solids about 2 weeks ago (after her 4 mnth checkup the doc said we can start) anyways.... she has been eating cereal with fruit in t...
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- My daughter is 7 almost 8 mos and loves her food. To make sure she gets enough formula we follow this schedule: 6-8 ounce bottle when she gets up about 2 hours la...
- I agree. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS BREASTMILK or formula. Food at this stage is just for "play" and although enjoyable, they don't need it really until 6 mos or pref...
- If she's hungry, she's hungry. Just feed her and don't worry about it. I never listened to my doctor when it came to that. My son was hungry, so I fed him. He knew whe...
Advice on Not Feeding 5 Month Old at Night in Order to Get Him to Sleep Through
Asked by B.F. from Denver
on April 13, 2009
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Hi,
I'm sure many of you have read my other posts; to make a long story short, I have a 5 month old baby boy who still wakes every 2-3.5 hours to eat during the nig...
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- well my two kids were still waking up at night at that age. So I think every kid is different. My kids weren't ready to sleep through the night at that age. I think i...
- I don't know what other people have said, so I may just be repeating what they did, but with ours, when it got to that point, we just did not feed them. We, either my...
- It sounds like you got a mostly good advice on here, but I want to add that you might want to find another pediatrician. They are just fanning the flames and it doesn'...
