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Post by calendula on Jul 31, 2018 9:33:13 GMT -6
I just realized I was wrong, we started E on purees at 4m too. I apparently forget everything from 3 years ago. I am so bad at remembering anything from DS. Granted it was 6 years ago but still. I find myself scrolling through old pics on my phone in order to see the date stamp. So sad. LOL
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Post by cornpop on Jul 31, 2018 10:08:42 GMT -6
I just realized I was wrong, we started E on purees at 4m too. I apparently forget everything from 3 years ago. I am so bad at remembering anything from DS. Granted it was 6 years ago but still. I find myself scrolling through old pics on my phone in order to see the date stamp. So sad. LOL Pictures were how I remembered too. I realized it was Thanksgiving the first time we gave her puree and that was at 4 months. Whoops.
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Post by Rama on Jul 31, 2018 11:29:22 GMT -6
I am so bad at remembering anything from DS. Granted it was 6 years ago but still. I find myself scrolling through old pics on my phone in order to see the date stamp. So sad. LOL Pictures were how I remembered too. I realized it was Thanksgiving the first time we gave her puree and that was at 4 months. Whoops. I am unreasonably excited for my baby to have Thanksgiving dinner with everyone. I hope she loves it all!
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Post by calendula on Jul 31, 2018 11:59:08 GMT -6
Pictures were how I remembered too. I realized it was Thanksgiving the first time we gave her puree and that was at 4 months. Whoops. I am unreasonably excited for my baby to have Thanksgiving dinner with everyone. I hope she loves it all! DS's first food was sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving, too!!! It was so fun
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Post by gldnbearz on Jul 31, 2018 19:29:09 GMT -6
I'm on team no hurry to start solids. I can wait until later for stinky poo diapers and messy scenarios. Little dude still has much to do developmentally with sitting upright.
With kid 1, we did purees first then moved to soft chunks when she showed an interest.
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Post by auri on Aug 1, 2018 7:59:40 GMT -6
I am unreasonably excited for my baby to have Thanksgiving dinner with everyone. I hope she loves it all! DS's first food was sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving, too!!! It was so fun That was DDs first food too. I guess great minds think alike I remember her second food was green, but can’t remember if it was peas or green beans. I’m not sure what I want to start with first with J.
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Post by sweetc129 on Aug 4, 2018 8:58:37 GMT -6
Not the best picture, but this is the instruction sheet my mom got when she left the hospital with me (1980). All our kids are eating meats and washing it down with juice or cows milk, right?
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Post by alwayscheese on Aug 4, 2018 9:29:22 GMT -6
Omg sweetc129 I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around that
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Post by woodenshoes on Aug 4, 2018 9:45:49 GMT -6
sweetc129 I am pretty sure that there is a paper similar to that in my baby book from 1981. I read it a few years ago.
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Post by auri on Aug 4, 2018 11:24:04 GMT -6
sweetc129, I think you found the way to fix @arielmermaids problem today. Her baby should be using a sippy cup instead of a bottle!
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Post by auri on Aug 4, 2018 11:30:05 GMT -6
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Post by sweetc129 on Aug 4, 2018 13:14:03 GMT -6
sweetc129, I think you found the way to fix @arielmermaids problem today. Her baby should be using a sippy cup instead of a bottle! I might be trying that soon. J doesn’t take a bottle at all either.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Aug 5, 2018 10:54:37 GMT -6
sweetc129, I think you found the way to fix @arielmermaids problem today. Her baby should be using a sippy cup instead of a bottle! 😂 the worst part is I totally considered it!!
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Post by calendula on Aug 5, 2018 11:28:49 GMT -6
sweetc129 that's a great find. So much has changed! And also this explains why so many of our moms and MILs are total pain in the asses about feeding stuff, lol! The cup at 4 months thing I actually kind of get. Obviously we know now that it should be breastmilk or formula, but if you're following a baby's cues in order to guess what they are developmentally ready for, a cup isn't far fetched at all. Both my kids started reaching for my cup and their own bottles starting at 4 months. They know what to do with it.
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Post by alwayscheese on Sept 16, 2018 20:17:17 GMT -6
Bumping this because please help me BLW. And help me help my MIL. 😬 Leaf 🌱 polson Rama you said in this thread you were going to be doing BLW. How is it going? DS is 6 months and starting to sit. We kinda jumped the gun with whole foods probably, but we had already started when I came to that conclusion. He sits in the Bumbo(with a tray) beside us and crams everything we give him into his mouth. We've been giving him mostly soft sticks/wedges of fruits and vegetables for several weeks and it's been going great, some gagging, for sure at first, of course. I'm gonna spoiler this cause babies choking is scary. 😳 This morning he ate most of several small wedges of ripe peach. At lunch(with MIL and other friends) he was sitting on my lap and I was giving him small pieces of bread and green beans and pickle spears. He chewed a pickle spear down till it fit in his mouth and was happily chewing on it and MIL got very worried so I took it away because I figured IF HE CHOKED I'D FEEL REALLY STUPID after she expressed her concern. Later I took a chunk of firm peach from my dessert and held it in front of his mouth thinking he's bite some off like he sometimes does. He slurped it all in, chewed twice maybe and proceeded to swallow it. 😨 He started freaking out and throwing out his arms and legs and I stood up thinking I was gonna do CPR. 😰 About that fast he puked it up with some mucus etc.
I know that is what is supposed to happen when they swallow something like that, but with MIL worrying over us I'm really nervous now. She also texted later to apologize if she was out of place, but also that she was really really uncomfortable with him having the chunks of food. We'll be eating at least 3 meals at MIL' Tuesday and Wednesday and I need to be able to feed him confidently, but I don't know if I can explain to MIL the concept behind letting them self feed at 6 months after what happened today? Advice???! Thanks
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Post by leatherpants on Sept 16, 2018 21:55:26 GMT -6
Aw alwayscheese that’s so hard especially if you are extra on edge with your MIL around. I think it’s really great of your MIL to apologize and tell you she felt uncomfortable. She loves your babe too and you, it sounds like. I don’t have much advice. I grit through my teeth and tell my mom its normal 😬 because I’m also freaking out inside when he gags on food. Maybe if she read the book it might help her anxiety and in turn yours? Would she do that? I know the book calmed my fears.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Sept 17, 2018 1:42:14 GMT -6
Ok #1 it’s amazing that she apologized and recognized she was out of place. I can’t imagine my MIL ever doing that 😂 That said, you keep doing you. If this is how you’re feeding your kid, it’s how you’re feeding your kid. She will just have to deal.
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Post by snowmoon on Sept 17, 2018 7:25:13 GMT -6
alwayscheese I have no advice but just wanted to share that we just had a similar experience with a chunk of pear. It was scary af but she got it back up by herself in 0.2 seconds. It freaked me out enough to take a few days off and try some purees and she haaated it.
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Post by calendula on Sept 17, 2018 8:10:16 GMT -6
alwayscheese, are you asking for help being nervous about choking or just how to deal with your MIL? I hope you'll take this in the spirit its offered (which is to say, in support rather than judgment) but if the choking thing freaks you out (which it absolutely would freak me out), you don't HAVE to follow the BLW book to the letter. There is no right way to introduce foods to your baby...they all figure it out eventually. Do what you're comfortable with, not what either a book or your MIL tell you to. And on that note, as a puree-all-the-way person myself, be kind to your MIL. Its really nice that she apologized but I can totally empathize with how scary watching BLW can be if you're not familiar with the theory behind it. Like you spoilered that post for a reason, kwim? You both seem committed to respecting each other's feelings and love for your kid, so just KOKO with that part of it and I think it will be just fine.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Sept 17, 2018 8:58:43 GMT -6
alwayscheese first, lots and lots of hugs. That’s a really tough situation and I’m really impressed with how your MIL handled it. My mom is a purée/cereal enthusiast so I feel for you. If you think she’ll be receptive then explain it’s important to remember that choking and gagging are different. It’s very likely that he was actually gagging and just spit it back up. That knowledge doesn’t really help when a baby looks like they can’t breathe, I know. I would just keep on keeping on but maybe stick to “level 1” foods while around her for a bit. Explain that BLW is pediatrician-approved and offer to provide some info on it if she’s curious. I think this is a good opportunity to respond with understanding and love but stand your ground. She has expressed a concern, you explain your choice, she will hopefully respect your choice since you are the parent.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Sept 17, 2018 9:02:59 GMT -6
As for us, DD2 just turned 5mos and isn’t sitting really well so she’s only gotten to do things like suck in apple slices and carrots. We did let her mash some banana around but she got REALLY mad since she doesn’t have the coordination to get it in her mouth. She did well with what she did manage to eat though!
Other BLW people - what are your starter foods? Banana, avocado, sweet potato are all I can think of...
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Post by snowmoon on Sept 17, 2018 9:16:43 GMT -6
As for us, DD2 just turned 5mos and isn’t sitting really well so she’s only gotten to do things like suck in apple slices and carrots. We did let her mash some banana around but she got REALLY mad since she doesn’t have the coordination to get it in her mouth. She did well with what she did manage to eat though! Other BLW people - what are your starter foods? Banana, avocado, sweet potato are all I can think of... We've done zucchini spears, spaghetti squash and green beans
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Post by leatherpants on Sept 17, 2018 9:23:00 GMT -6
B is all about the finger foods. I went to a bday party last weekend and another mom was telling me that she did slices of bell peppers and cucumber and those have been a huge hit here.
I also do toast fingers with mashed avocado and apple sauce on them. I use the crust of the loaf so it gets less gummy. I’ve also given him a slice of turkey bacon and piece of pork this weekend that he sucked dry. SO gave him some scrambled eggs but that freaked me out because they were tiny pieces. B loved it though.
We’ve done fruit in the mesh feeder because he can’t pick it up otherwise. I think I’m going to try yogurt this week
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Post by clementine on Sept 17, 2018 13:04:30 GMT -6
We’ve done sweet potatoes, zucchini, banana, and apple BLW style. He seems to like feeding himself, but he just spits out any piece that breaks off into his mouth. It’s not the tongue thrust though, he’s actively spitting it out with the raspberry sound and all. He just learned he can do that and things it’s fun. H was really stressed about the big pieces with BLW so we’ve done some puree too. With purée, he automatically brings his hands to grab the spoon whenever it gets close, so very little of the spoonful actually gets in his mouth. When he does take a good bite, he will swallow some, but a lot gets spit out for “fun”.
At 6.5 months, how much should I really be offering? He still nurses every 2-3 hours and naps vary so we don’t have a real schedule. Should I shoot for solids at “meal times” or just whenever it fits into his feeding schedule? At what age should he be eating more solids than nursing? I know that time is not now, I’m just trying to figure out where we need to progress to and when that should be.
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Post by snowmoon on Sept 17, 2018 13:11:15 GMT -6
clementine I'd just shoot for solids whenever you're sitting down to eat too. That way he learns mealtimes as a family ritual that is part of a daily routine. BM should still be his primary source of nutrition for the first year. I think my oldest was about 16-18 months before he started having more food than breast milk. Though I'm sure it varies child to child.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Sept 17, 2018 13:12:02 GMT -6
Tried puréed green beans and she was grabbing at my hand to shovel them in faster. I guess I should be letting her have more solids. She loves them. I love the idea of BLW but I’m practice I’m not exactly sure what to do.
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Post by calendula on Sept 17, 2018 13:34:32 GMT -6
clementine I'd just shoot for solids whenever you're sitting down to eat too. That way he learns mealtimes as a family ritual that is part of a daily routine. ITA. Times a million. IMO the practice of shared mealtime is the most important thing of all to learn, and I think it gets way less airtime than all the debates about what to feed and how. Lou started tastes of solids once a day, at dinnertime, at 4 months. Now we are 5.5 months and she is demanding food at every mealtime, lol. So this week I just stepped up to twice a day. She takes maybe an ounce of puree though, so its not a ton by volume. At daycare on Friday, her providers told us that she gets mad when the other babies all line up in their high chairs for solids and she doesn't get any . She shouts and bangs her hand on her tray. Its funny because she is never fussy and rarely cries....so her teachers get a kick out of her little food tantrums. So I finally agreed to start sending a little jar to school. Haha.
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Post by nevertoomanyshoes on Sept 17, 2018 15:46:05 GMT -6
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Sept 17, 2018 19:18:31 GMT -6
clementine we always go by the rule “food before one is just for fun” and tried to offer solids ateast at dinner if not more often with DD1 when she was 6-8mos old. Do NOT stress about the volume of food being consumed, just try to focus on exposure - lots of (appropriate) flavors and textures, repeating even things that get rejected. DD2’s favorite foods were canned green beans, diced peaches, hummus, and scrambled eggs. Have the rules about allergens changed? Is it still good to give them eggs, strawberries, and peanut butter early?
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Post by mintyblueair on Sept 17, 2018 20:07:12 GMT -6
Leaf 🌱 we saw a pediatric allergist last week. According to her (and other doctors I've spoken to) allergens should be introduced as early as possible, and given regularly after introduction (there is apparently a large body of convincing data on this regarding peanuts, and the theory is that it will work for other common allergens too). Ideally they should be introduced before 6 months.
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