Comments | aerolite: Solid food

aerolite

Solid food

Nov 28, 2007 08:17

I'm still holding off on Abigail on solid food. I'd like to wait until she's 6 months and Bill isn't pushing it too much. She doesn't quite have the pincer grasp yet...and I'm not positive about tongue thrust being gone. Sometimes I think it's still there...but maybe not ( Read more... )

food, abigail

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ldywati2d November 28 2007, 13:53:07 UTC

Abigail is almost 10 months and still 99% breastfed. It's just one of those things where waiting isn't going hurt, but starting too early can. We offer fairly regularly at this point and sometimes she'll eat a bit, sometimes not. I'm not really all that worried about it. One of our friends has a little boy that they started solids on way early and he got so fat that it took him extra long to roll over.

aerolite November 28 2007, 14:03:41 UTC

Well and this time I'd rather she eat more what we're eating. And just give her whatever is appropriate for her. I remember how expensive baby food was....(not that Bill cares, he would still buy a ton of it... but still...)

laughin November 28 2007, 14:04:46 UTC

Sam is showing the signs that he is interested in food, but we are holding off for 6 months.

Does Abigail have teeth yet? Sammy is teething and if she has no teeth then maybe I will try the biscuits.

Also, we gave Anna solids early (my mistake) but she didn't wean until 20 months. So maybe she'll stay a booby girl.

aerolite November 28 2007, 14:10:37 UTC

Can I steal that icon?

No she doesn't have any teeth yet. It tells you not to give them to a baby less than 10 months and that they need to be crawling and able to handles lumpy foods.... :-P But we did this with Benjamin and it's not like she's gonna eat it really. When he would break of a smallish piece then we would take it from him and give him the bigger piece back.

Benjamin started rice cereal around 5 months, but I know better this time.... ;)

Abigail is definitely interested and sitting up and things like that, but I still just want to hold off if I can. Or if I do offer not more than about once a week if that.

laughin November 28 2007, 16:11:31 UTC

It is the LLL symbol. Take it if you want. :)

earthymama42 December 13 2007, 13:57:13 UTC

Yeah I know it is. I just wanted to ask first.

yellowitchgrl November 28 2007, 15:09:07 UTC

Are you going to try rice cereal with breast milk?

earthymama42 December 13 2007, 13:56:34 UTC

Probably not. Cereal isn't necessary even though they'll tell you it is.

http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/first-foods.html

yellowitchgrl December 13 2007, 17:21:39 UTC

I think I used it, with breast milk, because it would taste familiar and my lil fussy pants was just particular. He wanted food, but didn't like the texture. I used it as a starting food for probably a week before going to other baby foods. Probably I'd do the same, unless Luke is easier going than Andrew was.