CPW...feeding baby

[eliz77]

Since we are approaching month 6, I was curious what you ladies are doing/will be doing in regards to feeding your LOs.

[eliz77]

I am currently doing purees. Cereal was not a hit at all, but LO loves sweet potatoes, butternut squash and avocados so far. Is not a fan of bananas or applesauce. I'm going to stick with these purees until our 6 month appointment and see what his Dr recommends doing next, as far as adding meats, etc. LO also enjoys apple slices and watermelon in his mesh feeder.

[happyfeet9]

Mixture of purees and BLW. We started right after he hit 5 months, so far have only tried rice cereal, oatmeal, and peaches. Hated the rice cereal, loved the oatmeal nd peaches. Next up will be sweet potato then avocado.

[jesster88]

Our dr said wait until 6 months which is 3 more weeks for DS. I think I will let him try avocado this weekend.

When do you give your babies food? I am not sure how this is going to work because DS is awake for such a short time when we're home. I want to wait a bit before I send food to daycare because I want to watch for allergic reactions and I can't send homemade food to daycare.

[nbateman5]

We plan on BLW but have given banana and avocado in silicone feeders the last couple of days. LO is 5 1/2 mo old. We'll start food when she's a little over 6mo when we get back from vacation on the 15th

[happyfeet9]

May 27, 2015 8:58:44 GMT -5 jesster88 said:

Our dr said wait until 6 months which is 3 more weeks for DS. I think I will let him try avocado this weekend.

When do you give your babies food? I am not sure how this is going to work because DS is awake for such a short time when we're home. I want to wait a bit before I send food to daycare because I want to watch for allergic reactions and I can't send homemade food to daycare.

I usually try as soon as I get home (6pm) which is in between his last two feedings. I was definitely more consistent over the weekends. Although my mom and MIL watch LO I also wouldn't let them introduce food to him without us doing it first to make sure he's not allergic.

[nannygoat]

graybaby, at the risk of sounding completely dense... How do you unfreeze the cubes? In the microwave? On defrost? Am I stupid?

[gradschoolmama]

What does CPW stand for? Is it obvious and Im being a tool?

[nbateman5]

May 27, 2015 10:31:36 GMT -5 gradschoolmama said:

What does CPW stand for? Is it obvious and Im being a tool?

I don't know either....we can be tools together

[amyface813]

nannygoat we don't have a microwave which is annoying but I make tea and put the little bowl on top of the cup to thaw the cube. Then I crush and mix it up with a fork while he's playing. It's usually in the evening... Not every day though.

[gradschoolmama]

May 27, 2015 10:32:44 GMT -5 nbateman5 said:

May 27, 2015 10:31:36 GMT -5 gradschoolmama said:

What does CPW stand for? Is it obvious and Im being a tool?

I don't know either....we can be tools together

Yesss
*awkward fist bump turned high five*

[nannygoat]

I don't know what it stands for either.

[jesster88]

May 27, 2015 10:35:02 GMT -5 gradschoolmama said:

May 27, 2015 10:32:44 GMT -5 nbateman5 said:

I don't know either....we can be tools together

Yesss
*awkward fist bump turned high five*

samesies.

[apsalartoll]

We've been doing several of these. Started with very very thin oatmeal mixed with breastmilk, at about a 4-1 ratio, but now it's thicker and more like 2-1. She's had jarred pears, carrots, and squash and liked all of them. She had some mashed sweet potato, which had a lot more texture than the jarred stuff, but she gobbled it down, and I made some green pea puree in the blender that she doesn't really like, but she eats it if we mix it with pureed carrots. And this morning she was eyeing some strawberries I was eating for breakfast, so I cut one up into little pieces and she really liked it. She still doesn't really get the idea of feeding herself yet, so it's all been spoon fed so far.

[beckyrosen]

May 27, 2015 10:32:44 GMT -5 nbateman5 said:

May 27, 2015 10:31:36 GMT -5 gradschoolmama said:

What does CPW stand for? Is it obvious and Im being a tool?

I don't know either....we can be tools together

Can I join the tool group? Idk what it means either.


So, we haven't started solids yet. I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to (like what we'll start with or how often we'll offer food). I plan on starting after her 6 month appointment since her pediatrician said not to start till 6 months (so, in 2 weeks).

And, thanks to this thread, I have realized that I don't have anything except 3 baby spoons... no bowls, no mesh feeders, nothing. And I don't know what kind of cereal to try first... I guess I'm going shopping soon.

[erien22846]

Clicky Poll Wednesday!

[saintelizabeth]

May 27, 2015 12:52:14 GMT -5 @katylou91 said:

Right now we are doing purées and some oatmeal cereal. I wanted to do Some BLW but now that it's time to really start, I have become a chicken cause I'm scared she's gonna choke on something. It makes me super nervous

This is exactly where I am as well.

[jesster88]

May 27, 2015 13:22:42 GMT -5 graybaby said:

May 27, 2015 13:07:03 GMT -5 saintelizabeth said:

This is exactly where I am as well.

Same here. LO got a piece of banana to his mouth and started choking. I had to stick my finger down his throat and dig it out. Definitely freaked me out. I might be sticking with the mesh feeder and purées for a while

FFWC we let DS lick so e watermelon and before we realized what happened a tiny bit broke off in his mouth. I don't think he knew what to do with it yet so I had time to get it out before he tried to swallow. I will be taking a much more cautious approach to introducing food.

[rayray007]

May 27, 2015 8:09:45 GMT -5 Miss Killjoy said:

Doing fortified oat cereal because of my anemia. Concerned about iron levels in my milk basically. We've only been doing this for about a week. Occasionally I mix in a few slices of avocado or banana, which she seems to be fine with.

Overall we will be doing a little of everything - some purees, some finger foods, some self-feeding with spoons, etc.

Health Canada recommends meat as one of the first things to introduce due to the iron thing so we will probably do some meat around six months as a finger food.

We're kind of doing a mix of things too. Iron fortified cereal, home made purees flavoured with various herbs and oils and different consistencies, meat. As for meat I've tried salmon so far (not sure if most people call that meat). Tried chopping it finely but the texture wasn't a hit so pureed it and mixed it with vegetables. Will try ground beef soon. Also have given them carrot sticks, melon spears, etc to nom on. C likes to hold his own spoon so will probably give him some thick yogurt or something to dabble in. They like mum mums, so will probably move on to toast fingers soon.

[rayray007]

May 27, 2015 14:22:44 GMT -5 jesster88 said:

May 27, 2015 13:22:42 GMT -5 graybaby said:

Same here. LO got a piece of banana to his mouth and started choking. I had to stick my finger down his throat and dig it out. Definitely freaked me out. I might be sticking with the mesh feeder and purées for a while

FFWC we let DS lick so e watermelon and before we realized what happened a tiny bit broke off in his mouth. I don't think he knew what to do with it yet so I had time to get it out before he tried to swallow. I will be taking a much more cautious approach to introducing food.

They likely aren't choking, but are only gagging which is a totally normal reaction and they are very good at getting it out themselves- sticking your fingers in to get it out is liable to push it down further and cause them to actually choke or aspirate food.

[rayray007]

May 27, 2015 14:40:23 GMT -5 mgk207 said:

I clicked SS, because LO is still EBF, but we will be starting with BLW soon. I want to start there and see how it goes, how proficient he is, before thinking about purées. Cereal seems unnecessary to me, but I'm not vehemently opposed. I was thinking oatmeal or quinoa might be good to start, as far as grains go. I'm interested in getting him to try a pretty wide variety of fruits, veggies, and meats. I know honey is a no no. Are there other blacklisted food items I should know about?

I felt this way about cereal too until it was explained to me it is an excellent source of iron and baby's iron stores start to deplete around this age. Just fyi that cereal (iron fortified infant cereal) isn't totally useless.

Eta: also as for the blacklist, I have been told that anything goes, except for honey and one other thing which I can't remember... Oops.

[gdaniels77]

May 27, 2015 14:40:23 GMT -5 mgk207 said:

I clicked SS, because LO is still EBF, but we will be starting with BLW soon. I want to start there and see how it goes, how proficient he is, before thinking about purées. Cereal seems unnecessary to me, but I'm not vehemently opposed. I was thinking oatmeal or quinoa might be good to start, as far as grains go. I'm interested in getting him to try a pretty wide variety of fruits, veggies, and meats. I know honey is a no no. Are there other blacklisted food items I should know about?

I've also been told peanut butter and eggs because like honey the chance of an allergic reaction is higher?

[fergie17]

We have tried little pieces of banana and puréed carrots. He liked the carrots way more maybe due to consistencies. We will try avocado tomorrow morning. I just bought some oatmeal and a mesh feeder. We are skipping the rice and I had my reservations about oatmeal because of something g I read regarding their digestive systems being immature.

[gdaniels77]

May 27, 2015 17:35:54 GMT -5 Miss Killjoy said:

May 27, 2015 16:45:07 GMT -5 gdaniels77 said:

I've also been told peanut butter and eggs because like honey the chance of an allergic reaction is higher?

New research suggests that you should introduce peanut butter before a year because delaying it has actually been causing MORE allergies. I'm not sure if the US has changed their recs based on this research, but Canada sure has. The only blacklist item here is honey. Some things are "proceed with caution" because they're hard on tummies (like lentils) but there's no danger to babies, it might just upset their stomach. Ditto with raw fruit - the reason why it's recommended to cook many fruits before pureeing is because it makes them easier to digest, not because it's dangerous to give them raw.

Interesting! When we were having the food talk with my pedi he very briefly went over what not to feed before 1 without much explanation. I think his exact words were "No honey, peanut butter, eggs, you know, stuff that can cause a reaction early on." Thanks, doc.

[amyface813]

I'll have to ask the pedi about peanuts. I love peanut butter. I eat it almost everyday (this morning I had pb on a tortilla with fresh blueberries) I don't know what I would eat if LO became allergic!

[happyfeet9]

May 27, 2015 14:40:23 GMT -5 mgk207 said:

I clicked SS, because LO is still EBF, but we will be starting with BLW soon. I want to start there and see how it goes, how proficient he is, before thinking about purées. Cereal seems unnecessary to me, but I'm not vehemently opposed. I was thinking oatmeal or quinoa might be good to start, as far as grains go. I'm interested in getting him to try a pretty wide variety of fruits, veggies, and meats. I know honey is a no no. Are there other blacklisted food items I should know about?

Citrus fruits because of the acidity come to mind, can cause intestinal issues and rashes.

[danisgossipgirl]

My baby is on the younger side, just turned 5 months yesterday. She's a wee lass, not sitting and no teeth so it looks like we still have a while to go. We'll probably start with avocado since I always have it around. BLWish, mostly eating a component of whatever the big people are eating.

[gradschoolmama]

May 27, 2015 20:05:21 GMT -5 danisgossipgirl said:

My baby is on the younger side, just turned 5 months yesterday. She's a wee lass, not sitting and no teeth so it looks like we still have a while to go. We'll probably start with avocado since I always have it around. BLWish, mostly eating a component of whatever the big people are eating.

Aww we have a wee lass too! Or a wee heathen depending on her behavior
Same plan for us with her food. It was interesting bc her MD told me I could start solids at 4 months and I responded by saying "she can't sit up and has no interest in food..." And he said "oh she can sort of recline in a bouncer thing." No thanks, she can wait til she's sitting up.

[eliz77]

Sorry to those who asked-CPW is Clicky Poll Wed! I forgot we don't do that here like some of the other boards do.

I had originally wanted to do BLW but worry about choking hazards, so sticking with purees for now. LO did bite off a tiny piece of watermelon the other day, chewed a moment and spit it out before I even realized what was happening. Avocado is only other thing he's managed to "eat" that was completely pureed. I tell you, I am amazed how strong and efficient his jaws are even without teeth!

Anyone try/will try soon Stonyfield Yo Baby yogurt? A friend was feeding her 8 month old it and said she started at 6 months.

[danisgossipgirl]

PSA: if baby is gagging on something, putting your hands in their mouth is the most dangerous thing you can do. It's better to let them gag and work it out-- if they are coughing they're ok. But if you do get nervous, pick baby up, lay him/her facedown on your thigh down at an angle and give a few whacks on the back between the shoulder blades. Baby will cough it out and drop it rather than get it further lodged in the throat/possibly the airway.