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Post by emilie on May 25, 2017 13:02:27 GMT -6
Hi all!
Back on TCF one of the 16 BMBs had a solids thread with lots of good info that I used to stalk. I'm sure lots of us are working on solids - maybe food talk can go here?
My DD is 5mo and we've given her tastes of applesauce and mashed up avocado. After someone talked up baby led weaning to me we tried giving her a slice of apple to gnaw on, and she promptly somehow bit a piece off of it and nearly choked on it. (no teeth yet, but strong gums? I guess?) That freaked me out so I'll be sticking to purees for now. How are you guys introducing foods?
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Post by butterfly on May 25, 2017 13:52:46 GMT -6
Hi all! Back on TCF one of the 16 BMBs had a solids thread with lots of good info that I used to stalk. I'm sure lots of us are working on solids - maybe food talk can go here? My DD is 5mo and we've given her tastes of applesauce and mashed up avocado. After someone talked up baby led weaning to me we tried giving her a slice of apple to gnaw on, and she promptly somehow bit a piece off of it and nearly choked on it. (no teeth yet, but strong gums? I guess?) That freaked me out so I'll be sticking to purees for now. How are you guys introducing foods? This is what terrifies about BLW. Can't bring myself to do it!
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Post by moonandback on May 25, 2017 14:14:29 GMT -6
emilie Avocado,banana, plum, and orange slices might be a good way to get going. Since they smash easily in the mouth you may feel less nervous about LO gnawing away. I always found apples and carrots to be tricky.
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Post by hurricanerek on May 25, 2017 14:42:14 GMT -6
We did BLW this time around and it's been great! Dd is 8 months old and eats everything (except dairy but that's because of an allergy). I think it's up to your comfort level. There's nothing wrong with purées as long as you're watching their cues and not overfeeding.
In blw, it's natural for a baby to gag. Their reflex is much farther forward than an adult so they can learn not to swallow before chewing. Loud and red, let them go ahead. Silent and blue, they need help from you. Never stick your fingers in baby's mouth to remove food.
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Post by ambiguousmango on May 25, 2017 17:14:34 GMT -6
Just was talking about this on my bmb but thought you guys would maybe have some insight as well. While at our 4 month appointment our doctor recommended letting Q "taste" high allergy foods (egg whites, nut butter, shrimp broth) but to hold off on real food eating till 6 months. Has anyone else been told this? From my research it appears that new studies are suggesting being in contact early on with these foods lessen the risk of developing food allergies but wanted other moms input. Per the pedi the earlier the better we these specific foods.
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Post by hurricanerek on May 25, 2017 17:43:41 GMT -6
Just was talking about this on my bmb but thought you guys would maybe have some insight as well. While at our 4 month appointment our doctor recommended letting Q "taste" high allergy foods (egg whites, nut butter, shrimp broth) but to hold off on real food eating till 6 months. Has anyone else been told this? From my research it appears that new studies are suggesting being in contact early on with these foods lessen the risk of developing food allergies but wanted other moms input. Per the pedi the earlier the better we these specific foods. I had read some research on this myself. Props to your ped for being up-to-date! It's up to your comfort level. Even if you're concerned about the virgin gut, a lick of something probably wouldn't stress your baby's body too much. An allergic reaction wouldn't take much to trigger. Just have some infant Benadryl on hand. I didn't introduce high allergens until after 6 months but that's mostly because life got busy and I forgot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by cmb on May 25, 2017 18:14:15 GMT -6
For DS1- we started at 4 months with prunes in a pouch. We did basic fruit/veggie pouches until 6ish months. After that, we started letting him eat whatever we ate, just cut super small. He didn't quite grasp the concept of picking up food and sticking it in his mouth until then. We did the skin test for eggs and peanuts three times before I was willing to introduce it. We did 4 months because he had been interested in food. If not, we'd have waited until he showed an interest in food to start solids... DH ate his breakfast right in front of DS1 and would have his plate on the high chair tray so I blame him for the early interest in solids
We'll likely do the same this time around.
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Post by loves2read on May 25, 2017 21:08:33 GMT -6
Just was talking about this on my bmb but thought you guys would maybe have some insight as well. While at our 4 month appointment our doctor recommended letting Q "taste" high allergy foods (egg whites, nut butter, shrimp broth) but to hold off on real food eating till 6 months. Has anyone else been told this? From my research it appears that new studies are suggesting being in contact early on with these foods lessen the risk of developing food allergies but wanted other moms input. Per the pedi the earlier the better we these specific foods. This seems like a really good idea to me and one I might steal. With my first baby the pedi gave the go ahead for beginner solids in general at 4 months but after a few nights of him waking up screaming because of terrible gas and constipation, we stopped and waited for another month or so. Introducing to just the high risk ones seems like a good middle road for this second baby. And yes, especially with nut allergies the most recent recommendation is to introduce it early.
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Post by mintyblueair on May 25, 2017 21:14:20 GMT -6
Just was talking about this on my bmb but thought you guys would maybe have some insight as well. While at our 4 month appointment our doctor recommended letting Q "taste" high allergy foods (egg whites, nut butter, shrimp broth) but to hold off on real food eating till 6 months. Has anyone else been told this? From my research it appears that new studies are suggesting being in contact early on with these foods lessen the risk of developing food allergies but wanted other moms input. Per the pedi the earlier the better we these specific foods. My baby turned out to be allergic to peanuts, eggs, and cashews. We started solids at 4 months but didn't start introducing peanut butter until 6 months and eggs at 7 months. When we saw a pediatric allergist he said yes, research shows babies who are exposed to common allergens earlier tend to have less food allergies. I wish we had tried these things earlier, especially since my baby has eczema (since 4 months) and those babies benefit even more from early exposure (according to our allergist).
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Post by ambiguousmango on May 26, 2017 4:40:56 GMT -6
mintyblueair and loves2read thank you for the feedback, no one I know has kids or had them quite awhile ago. I think we will start to introduce them this weekend.
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Post by littlelion on May 26, 2017 7:43:50 GMT -6
emilie, hello! good to see you here!
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Post by littlelion on May 26, 2017 7:51:18 GMT -6
I started giving my baby a taste of oatmeal cereal a couple weeks ago. He started solids this week at DC. He'll be 6 months by next week. I didn't do blw with my first either. I typically feed them the baby purees but also do things like avocado, banana, smashed up veggies with chicken soup, etc.
Can I vent here about other people pushing the solids on my baby? One thing is to ask and tell me he should be having solids, that's your opinion. Another is to start feeding my baby food without my permission. I almost lost it on a cousin of my DH's for doing that last weekend. It was baby food but she does this with my toddler too. I feed my kids when, and what, I want to.
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Post by winnifred on May 26, 2017 8:54:37 GMT -6
I think we're mostly going to do BLW with some purees mixed in. DD is just over 5 months old and I'm in no rush. I should at least start considering giving her a 'taste' sometimes!
So maybe I'll let her try PB this weekend?! I'm most nervous about giving her something that she shouldn't have. And if I give her PB, then in the future I'll have to fight her and our dog whenever I want to enjoy PB on my own... decisions, decisions..
Side note - does it matter at all which kind of PB to try (other than assuming it should be creamy)? Are there certain ingredients to watch out for?
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Post by ambiguousmango on May 26, 2017 9:37:26 GMT -6
I think we're mostly going to do BLW with some purees mixed in. DD is just over 5 months old and I'm in no rush. I should at least start considering giving her a 'taste' sometimes! So maybe I'll let her try PB this weekend?! I'm most nervous about giving her something that she shouldn't have. And if I give her PB, then in the future I'll have to fight her and our dog whenever I want to enjoy PB on my own... decisions, decisions.. Side note - does it matter at all which kind of PB to try (other than assuming it should be creamy)? Are there certain ingredients to watch out for? my pediatrician recommend Nuttzo brand 7 nuts and seeds butter. It is pricey but is organic and has a variety of nuts.
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Post by Risscaboobs on May 26, 2017 11:06:36 GMT -6
We started Lexi on purees around 4/5 months. I was still breastfeeding at the time, so it was only to let her taste and not something that she was to get nutrition from. That helped me from stressing about it.
Early foods were applesauce, (pureed:) sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, squash, carrots, etc.
Around 10 months is when we started letting her have some food off of our plates. I would just shred whatever it was up really small because I was afraid of choking.
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Post by thelittleredm on May 26, 2017 11:23:35 GMT -6
Hi all! Back on TCF one of the 16 BMBs had a solids thread with lots of good info that I used to stalk. I'm sure lots of us are working on solids - maybe food talk can go here? My DD is 5mo and we've given her tastes of applesauce and mashed up avocado. After someone talked up baby led weaning to me we tried giving her a slice of apple to gnaw on, and she promptly somehow bit a piece off of it and nearly choked on it. (no teeth yet, but strong gums? I guess?) That freaked me out so I'll be sticking to purees for now. How are you guys introducing foods? I would never suggest apples to a baby doing BLW until they've learned how to chew, they break too easy. We did BLW with DS1 and plan on doing it with DS2, too. We never had a choking incident and I'm really glad we did what we did. I watched my niece do purees first and she choked on things all the time when she finally started getting finger foods. It's a personal choice, though, so I always insist that people do what they're comfortable doing! We started with avocados, pieces of sliced steak, carrots (with some length), and other things for DS1 to figure out how to chew. After that, if he did manage to get pieces off and was doing it regularly with soft foods, he didn't choke by not chewing first. Good thing for us, really, because he wouldn't eat purees.
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Post by danib on May 26, 2017 13:02:08 GMT -6
So my baby hates solids. We started at 6 months with pureed sweet potato, pureed squash, mashed banana, and mashed avocado being his first foods (same as with DS1). He has tried a vatiety of foods now at a month in, and has liked very little. What he does seem to like he still doesn't want to eat (can only get a few bites into him if I'm lucky).
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Post by hurricanerek on May 26, 2017 14:26:29 GMT -6
winnifred I think the major thing you have to look out for is pb that doesn't contain honey. That's a big no-no. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by dashook on May 26, 2017 14:48:49 GMT -6
Can I vent here about other people pushing the solids on my baby? One thing is to ask and tell me he should be having solids, that's your opinion. Another is to start feeding my baby food without my permission. I almost lost it on a cousin of my DH's for doing that last weekend. It was baby food but she does this with my toddler too. I feed my kids when, and what, I want to. This is majorly overstepping. I'd be pissed.
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Post by dashook on May 26, 2017 14:56:44 GMT -6
D turned 6 months on the 18th and had her first solid food (mashed avocado) on the 6th. DS also started with avocado at almost the exact same age. Baby girl has now had sweet potatoes, broccoli, carrots, bananas, prunes, pears, a spinach-brown rice-lentil mix, a teeny taste (okay like 3 tastes) of ice cream, and a teeny taste of peanut butter. Girl loves to eat! I never thought I would be a person that makes their own baby food but after trying it, it didn't feel like too much work and I actually enjoy it, so I make most of the stuff myself. winnifred, for the peanut butter I just use the same one all of us eat in our house, which is a natural, unsalted version (so the one and only ingredient is roasted peanuts). I loved the idea of BLW with DS but couldn't get past the gagging/fear of him choking. It was just outside my personal comfort zone. That said, I am totally comfortable giving big food items to suck on or gum. D enjoys pizza crust so far; I take it away when it starts to get softer from her saliva. With DS I also gave him things like carrots (large, thick ones) and long hunks of meat (usually steak since it's too chewy for a baby to really get a piece off).
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Post by cmb on May 26, 2017 15:20:42 GMT -6
We started Lexi on purees around 4/5 months. I was still breastfeeding at the time, so it was only to let her taste and not something that she was to get nutrition from. That helped me from stressing about it. Early foods were applesauce, (pureed:) sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, squash, carrots, etc. Around 10 months is when we started letting her have some food off of our plates. I would just shred whatever it was up really small because I was afraid of choking. We tried to wait on giving him the food off our plate... until the day he pulled himself up to where I was eating and wiped the food off my plate onto the floor 😒
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Post by thelittleredm on May 26, 2017 16:44:29 GMT -6
danib, Someone from my first BMB had a little one who hated solids. She wouldn't eat them until well after she turned 1. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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Post by madamewaffles on May 26, 2017 16:53:00 GMT -6
So my baby hates solids. We started at 6 months with pureed sweet potato, pureed squash, mashed banana, and mashed avocado being his first foods (same as with DS1). He has tried a vatiety of foods now at a month in, and has liked very little. What he does seem to like he still doesn't want to eat (can only get a few bites into him if I'm lucky). You are not alone! Mine was very picky at first and still is. He is 11 months and just barely starting to explore finger foods beyond puffs or teething biscuits. Texture really seems to be a player, even down to feeling with fingers, not just in the mouth. Just keep trying.
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Post by danib on May 26, 2017 17:44:17 GMT -6
Thanks ladies. madamewaffles I think texture may be an issue. He had a lot of manipulation done with his mouth and I think that has effected his tolerance.
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Post by peaseblossom55 on May 28, 2017 18:33:33 GMT -6
I started E with oatmeal at 4 months. At 6 months we began solids, doing purees. I've done applesauce, banana, pears, butternut squash, sweet potato avocado. I've made all of my own foods, except for applesauce, because it's a pain to make. E is really enjoying the food and gets excited when she is put in her high chair. She isn't fond of the oatmeal though. We also gave her some peanut butter this weekend.
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Post by pippa on May 29, 2017 20:09:48 GMT -6
N has been eating oatmeal and purée since she turned 4 months. We've been slowly giving her bits of chopped up food recently and so far she's been doing really well with them. ETA the picture of N I poofed last night is showing up still for some reason so imma just leave this here and hope it makes it disappear!
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Post by winnifred on May 30, 2017 9:40:42 GMT -6
So we tried peanut butter this weekend! I gave her just a teeny tiny amount of it, and she LOVED it! She started having a meltdown because she wanted more. I went into the kitchen to make her a bottle and the dog stole the little cup of PB right off her tray... I think it's safe to say that PB is a hot commodity in our house
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Post by mikaela20 on May 30, 2017 10:30:34 GMT -6
Are there any good resources for starting solids? My baby is 3 months but I want to start at 6 months and feel so lost and don't know where to start. What foods to start with and how much? When to introduce spices?
I am not planning to go the BLW way, just not for me. I plan to stick with the mashed and pureed foods first.
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Post by pippa on May 30, 2017 15:55:38 GMT -6
Are there any good resources for starting solids? My baby is 3 months but I want to start at 6 months and feel so lost and don't know where to start. What foods to start with and how much? When to introduce spices? I am not planning to go the BLW way, just not for me. I plan to stick with the mashed and pureed foods first. Sent from my SM-G900W8 using Tapatalk N's pedi suggested we start with oatmeal (mixed with the formula she drinks) for a bit until she got the hang of controlling her tongue thrust. After that I used this chart to keep track of different fruits and veggies she liked (or hated). There's also a really helpful website that I've been using recently. When I tried to post it on TCF though the URL kept messing up because there's a comma. Apologies in advance if it doesn't work. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/pediatrics/feeding_guide_for_the_first_year_90,P02209/
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Post by pippa on May 30, 2017 16:37:58 GMT -6
Another good tip the pedi suggested was alternating between fruits and veggies when introducing new foods. So if we started with banana, the next thing she would try was sweet potato. Then the next thing might be apples. So that way she didn't get to used to everything being sweet or vice versa. As far as the amount, we started with a couple tablespoons at a time and increased or decreased based on her demand.
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