When do you plan to introduce solids?

[starmile]

Just curious. I know the AAP says 6 mo. My ped told me to start at her 4mo appointment, which surprised me. I was planning on waiting til 6 mo, but I think we may give her a bit of sweet potato around 5 mo and see if she's interested. 

[penguino11]

We're also going to wait until six months. Pedi said they talk about food at four months as prep. But, he also said each baby is going to be ready at different times. He said to watch for sitting on his own and mastering the pincher grasp. But, surprisingly, he didn't talk about open gut and baby's stomach maturing at six months... anyway the stomach part is why we're waiting. Going to start with avocado and then sweet potato. Very excited :-)

[criscbish]

I think I'll start off slowly at 5 months. Baby K will be 4 months next week and I don't see all the readiness signs. I'm not worried about it. Think I may start with avocados. Skipping rice cereal.

[jamjoyful]

We have started at 5 months. Nothing crazy but we will give her some squash or something here and there. Next month, I will start being more consistent.

[abbyroad]

We're doing BLW since it worked well with our first so we'll start at 6 mo. DS is going to be sitting sooner than that so it's going to be tempting to let him try something earlier because he's curious but we'll wait.

[redhorizon343]

We started at 4.5 months. I kind of regret it because it's a major PITA to set up every meal and then clean up after it, but whatever. Baby's gotta eat some time.

[rikkitikki]

Jan 21, 2015 10:09:23 GMT -5 abbyroad said:

We're doing BLW since it worked well with our first so we'll start at 6 mo. DS is going to be sitting sooner than that so it's going to be tempting to let him try something earlier because he's curious but we'll wait.

Us too! BLW is so much easier!

[queenbabee]

Jan 21, 2015 15:49:35 GMT -5 rikkitikki said:

Jan 21, 2015 10:09:23 GMT -5 abbyroad said:

We're doing BLW since it worked well with our first so we'll start at 6 mo. DS is going to be sitting sooner than that so it's going to be tempting to let him try something earlier because he's curious but we'll wait.

Us too! BLW is so much easier!

What did you both start with? I'm a FTM & agree this sounds easier but a little scared to start. My baby is 19 weeks now, great head control and can sit well in highchair (not so much on own yet).

[sanremo]

We were told by the pedi to start at 4 months but waited until 5 month.

[somerandomchick]

Jan 21, 2015 17:07:19 GMT -5 queenbabee said:

Jan 21, 2015 15:49:35 GMT -5 rikkitikki said:

Us too! BLW is so much easier!

What did you both start with? I'm a FTM & agree this sounds easier but a little scared to start. My baby is 19 weeks now, great head control and can sit well in highchair (not so much on own yet).

You can really start with anything, just make it big enough for them to hold. At first the soft 'obvious' baby foods like banana, avocado, and steamed vegetables are too slippery & squishy for baby to grab. They just smash it in their hands when they try to pick it up.

My daughter's first meal was "sandwiches" with the family... a strip of biscuit, a slice of tomato, and a slice of spicy chicken lunchmeat. Pretty sure all she swallowed was a bit of tomato goop.

I think the next meal after that might've been fajitas... everything in fajitas is the right shape for baby hands to hold onto and nom. Rosalind ate a lot of bell peppers in the early days--raw bell pepper strips were great to bring along for her to chew on during dinner. She couldn't "eat" much of it but back then even when she got food in her mouth she'd eventually spit it out anyways

[theresat858]

Six months, per the AAP recommendations and all current research.

[bobloblaw]

Jan 21, 2015 5:24:21 GMT -5 jamjoyful said:

We have started at 5 months. Nothing crazy but we will give her some squash or something here and there. Next month, I will start being more consistent.

We will start at 5mos with a few bites AFTER breastfeeding once a day. LO is really interested in our plates at dinner or I wouldn't even be starting until 6mos.

[wicked22]

New to this board but my little man is 4 months now. Our pied said the new rule is there are no rules right now (except to at least waiting till 4 months). It's just to test texture and see how he does. He so tiny so instead of a high chair it will be him with a bib, in his bumbo, on a towel, on the table. So I don't get flamed, I never walk away when he's in his bumbo on a rasied surface. That's just asking for trouble.

[turtles7]

We will at 6 months.

[chubs]

Another BLWer here! With my oldest child I started sitting her at the table at the highchair during meals. I'd give her a straw cup of breast milk and maybe a baby spoon to grab at. I'm thinking I might do frozen breast milk in one of those mesh things this time around just for fun. Foods get introduced at six months or after.

[Leapinglizards]

6 months. She is not really into it yet

[lucilleaustero]

We did BLW with DD and will likely do that with DS.

We are aiming for a 6 months of age start. However, he was born 5 weeks early, so we might push it back a bit. We will decide when he is six months. He has started taking notice of us eating lately.

[sparklegrump]

BLW at 6 months. No reason to start sooner.

[wildblue]

Hi! What is BLW?

The answer is going to make me feel dumb isn't it? Lol

[penguino11]

Baby led weaning

[jac409]

With my last LO, we started with a little oatmeal at five months. Then we started with avacado and sweet potato at six months. I expect we'll do the same thing with this LO.

[Deleted]

We started DD at 5 months and DS at 6 months. Don't rush it; it's a pain in the ass.

[bkroxfan003]

I'm waiting until at least 6 months, if not longer. At DD's 4 month appointment, the pedi said to start then, but I just nodded along with no actual intention of doing so. I'm really in no hurry.

[pinkie]

Our ped said they are leaning towards recommending starting earlier. She told me to feel free to start anytime but we won't start until at least 5 months and maybe even closer to 6.

[judyblume14]

We started last week at 5 months. We give her a few bites of pureed veggies (so far we have tried carrots and peas), 45 minutes after breastfeeding. Ped said anywhere between 4 and 6 months, but was not in a hurry.

[eddiegotsole]

Key word for me here is "Introduce" so in that case I selected 4 months. To me introduce means just letting DS taste a little bit here and there to see how he reacts to it, handles it. I don't see us doing much more than that until maybe 5 months.

[things]

I chose 6 months. My other kids were between 5-6 months.

[lissydee]

we waited til 6ish months with our first. He did a combo of purees and BLW. Our second didn't want anything to do with food until he could feed himself. So he was strictly BLW and really started eating solids at like 8ish months. We won't even try introducing anything to DD until 6 months. She will be 4 months on Wednesday.

[KayVeeKay]

Don't know if this counts as introducing, but DH let LO lick some chicken juice off his finger tonight. She is 4 months.

ETA: it was grilled and had no seasoning directly on it.

[packerfan4life]

We really wanted to wait until 6 months to start. L started trying to steal our food around 4.5 months. So we started solids at 5 months. She still spits out most of the food we give her, but she still is really interested in trying it.