solids talk

[silv3rlining]

No tips or tricks yet. So far she's not a fan of green things...she did however eat a mix (carrots, peas, sweet potatoes). I plan to offer green beans as well as peas again soon.

[mrsmonogrammed]

I'm the pickiest eater ever so I expected to have an awful time getting DD to eat anything but she has surprised me and eaten everything I've given her! Which is a lot of things...I haven't been waiting much between new foods as long as they aren't a "known allergen" ie strawberries, peanuts, melon, etc. It's basically been a free for all.

We just stated adding in a 2nd meal. She gets oatmeal with a fruit and BM mixed in for breakfast, and some sort of veggie for lunch. (All purees, the babysitter isn't comfortable with BLW) At dinner time I think think I'm going to start putting a little bit of veggies from our own dinner on her trat because I don't imagine she'll actually get a lot in her mouth. Just a bit of fun to play with food:)

[carolyngrace]

For those who have done BLW... We've given DB a hard piece of bread twice now (pizza crust and a roll). He LOVES sucking on it, and it seems like it gets super soggy before going in his mouth. But both times he "gagged" and DH said "he's choking!" and dug what was in his mouth out. Now he's totally against giving anything solid anymore. Personally, I think DB would have gagged it out on his own, but I'm a lot less of a worrier in general...

So if you've done BLW, has your baby "choked" on anything? if so have they been able to expel it on their own?

[mrsmonogrammed]

Dec 15, 2015 9:45:07 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

For those who have done BLW... We've given DB a hard piece of bread twice now (pizza crust and a roll). He LOVES sucking on it, and it seems like it gets super soggy before going in his mouth. But both times he "gagged" and DH said "he's choking!" and dug what was in his mouth out. Now he's totally against giving anything solid anymore. Personally, I think DB would have gagged it out on his own, but I'm a lot less of a worrier in general...

So if you've done BLW, has your baby "choked" on anything? if so have they been able to expel it on their own?

I gave DD some avocado strips and ahe definitely gagged on a piece but she got it out all on her own. I think I fall more on your side of not being too worried and DH is like "Ah, she's choking! What do we do?!". My babysitter isn't comfortable with BLW for this reason too so we just send purees. But eventually babies need to eat "real" food. DNW to send DD to college with her own beba baby cook pro;)

[baytosa2013]

We have tried peas, green beans, sweet potato, carrots and a puree (pouch) of peas, spinach and pear. So far she's ok with all the greens but not really a fan of the oranges. Today she's trying broccoli and baked apple mix. I have given her some larger items like an apple slice and a cucumber slice to suck on, both of which she really liked.

[tiffbot]

I made a batch of pancakes today for the purpose of freezing and having an easy snack/meal around for her! I'll give her one at lunch. Otherwise we've been doing a bunch of veggies or fruit, either purees or soft strips (stuff like cooked carrots, bananas haven't been pureed). Since she has so many teeth she can actually rip into things so it makes me a little nervous just giving her some stuff to chew on, like I gave her a piece of celery to keep her busy while I was doing something and she shredded the edges right off lol. So I have to be careful with hard foods and her getting big chunks off. Otherwise, food seems to be going really well. Not picky as a baby, neither was her big brother, yay!

[mrsdee1982]

C is such a good eater. We have only come across one food that she doesn't like and that is pureed garbanzo beans. DOES.NOT.LIKE. But other than that, she eats everything we give her. We've started to introduce organic puffs, just a few on the highchair tray. Right now she is just getting the hang of picking them up and feeling them in her hand. She then usually drops them on the floor. The dog has currently eaten more puffs than she has. But last night she actually got the idea to put one in her mouth instead of dropping it on the floor and she was SO excited! It was really cute.

She has only gagged twice, and both times I thought for a second she might be choking and it was terrifying.

[erbear]

We've only done oatmeal and sweet potatoes, which she's loved. Thinking of trying carrots tomorrow. I might get her an avocado for the weekend.

Don't babies gag on food easier because their gag reflex is further forward in their mouths? I feel like that's a thing.

[holliberry28]

How do you guys puree peas/green beans? Do you steam and blend, and strain? Or just skip to the jar?

Are peas constipating? After we gave M some, he didn't poop for a day which is unusual for him. Then went 3 times the next day

[carolyngrace]

Dec 15, 2015 11:17:55 GMT -5 @babybean9 said:

Dec 15, 2015 9:18:01 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

Anyone else have difficulty with the foods LO won't eat? She straight up refuses to open her mouth after she discovers it's something she doesn't like. Tips or tricks?

DB self feeds and eats everything, but a few times when I was handing him his spoon of oatmeal he seemed to think I was trying to put the spoon in his mouth and zipped it closed. I'm not sure how your feeding, but maybe let her spoon it herself? She'll come around eventually either way.

Agreed. It's been helpful when I let DB play with the spoon with food on it and get some in his mouth himself. Usually after that I can stick some more on the spoon periodically and he brings it to his mouth. If he's not into it, and I try to spoon feed it into his mouth, he will definitely clamp up and refuse it!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Dec 15, 2015 11:16:46 GMT -5 erbear said:

We've only done oatmeal and sweet potatoes, which she's loved. Thinking of trying carrots tomorrow. I might get her an avocado for the weekend.

Don't babies gag on food easier because their gag reflex is further forward in their mouths? I feel like that's a thing.

That's definitely a thing, although I'm not sure exactly at what age it moves back? It's really a choking preventative so it's good to "test" it so to speak so baby knows the correct way to eat without hitting it!

[veggiemo]

For those BLW, are you still following the one food every 3-5 days rule? And which food did you start with?

[erbear]

Dec 15, 2015 11:58:34 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

Dec 15, 2015 11:21:42 GMT -5 holliberry28 said:

I use bags of frozen peas and green beans and just boil them on the stove top. Then I puree them with a little bit of the veggie water so that they are thinned out enough.

This is what I did.

[erbear]

Do you guys give water after food? H thinks we should since she coughs a lot after feeding.

[beersandweirs]

All this solids talk is making me feel like I am not doing enough... baby is 6 months and is definitely interested in food, but we don't consistently give her food, just kind of on our whims. Question, is there any point to continuing oatmeal once baby has moved on to other foods, or is it more of just a starter food?

[mirage86]

Dec 16, 2015 12:16:41 GMT -5 beersandweirs said:

All this solids talk is making me feel like I am not doing enough... baby is 6 months and is definitely interested in food, but we don't consistently give her food, just kind of on our whims. Question, is there any point to continuing oatmeal once baby has moved on to other foods, or is it more of just a starter food?

I think it continues for a while. Our ped told us to keep giving the iron fortified oatmeal 1-2 times a day to make sure LO is getting the iron he needs. I'm guessing that gets phased out once the baby's diet regularly includes more foods that are rich in iron.

[silv3rlining]

Dec 16, 2015 12:16:41 GMT -5 beersandweirs said:

All this solids talk is making me feel like I am not doing enough... baby is 6 months and is definitely interested in food, but we don't consistently give her food, just kind of on our whims. Question, is there any point to continuing oatmeal once baby has moved on to other foods, or is it more of just a starter food?

We skip rice cereal all together. But it is good for iron so you can continue with it if you like.

[mrsmonogrammed]

Charlotte legitimately choked on a piece of carrot yesterday...it was so surreal I just kept thinking "choking is silent" and she wasn't making any noise. I whipped her out of the high chair and smacked her back (a la baby Heimlich maneuver but more panicked) until she spit it out.
We'll be on purees now until she's about 12-__-

[kemdupuis]

Does anyone else's LO wrinkle up their nose and huff and puff? B started doing it tonight while trying green beans... I'm thinking he doesn't like them haha vimeo.com/149224523

[kemdupuis]

+1 to steaming green beans and then tossing them in the blender. I usually mix in a bit of BM to thin them out.

mrsmonogrammed- so glad she is ok! That is so scary.

@bubbs119 haha glad to know we're not alone in the stink face department! It is super cute when they do it, though

[carolyngrace]

kemdupuis that is flipping adorable!!

Also, Oscar gags on food HALF that liquidy so he wouldn't even try with that.

[kemdupuis]

@wwprestige LT for rthe sweet comment, not your LOs ER visit. That is so scary!!! I have never heard of anything like that happening, but Ian sothankful your LO is fine. I'd be freaked about solids too- especially dince the foods were not new. So strange

[carolyngrace]

@wwprestige, Oh my gosh, terrifying!! So glad DB is ok!

[gigi3126]

I knew I should have taken that baby cpr refresher! Now that's all I'm going to think about every time we give Jude something.
We're trying to do the BLW thing, but it's random right now. J likes pancakes and green beans, but seemed grossed out by avocado and banana. Today I was snacking on mini rice cakes, and he snagged one and loved it. Then we went to dinner with the ILs and he gnawed on pizza crust, tried a meatball, and chowed down on a lemon. He didn't even make a sour face!

[carolyngrace]

Dec 16, 2015 21:48:31 GMT -5 gigi3126 said:

I knew I should have taken that baby cpr refresher! Now that's all I'm going to think about every time we give Jude something.
We're trying to do the BLW thing, but it's random right now. J likes pancakes and green beans, but seemed grossed out by avocado and banana. Today I was snacking on mini rice cakes, and he snagged one and loved it. Then we went to dinner with the ILs and he gnawed on pizza crust, tried a meatball, and chowed down on a lemon. He didn't even make a sour face!

I was wondering if their sour taste buds haven't quite developed yet. The vitamin D I have tastes incredibly sour, but DB doesn't care at all when I give it to him.

[gigi3126]

Dec 16, 2015 22:54:12 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Dec 16, 2015 21:48:31 GMT -5 gigi3126 said:

I knew I should have taken that baby cpr refresher! Now that's all I'm going to think about every time we give Jude something.
We're trying to do the BLW thing, but it's random right now. J likes pancakes and green beans, but seemed grossed out by avocado and banana. Today I was snacking on mini rice cakes, and he snagged one and loved it. Then we went to dinner with the ILs and he gnawed on pizza crust, tried a meatball, and chowed down on a lemon. He didn't even make a sour face!

I was wondering if their sour taste buds haven't quite developed yet. The vitamin D I have tastes incredibly sour, but DB doesn't care at all when I give it to him.

Ah! I didn't think of that. In any case, he really liked the lemon. I think part of the reason is because it was cold on his gums.

[veggiemo]

Dec 16, 2015 22:55:24 GMT -5 gigi3126 said:

Dec 16, 2015 22:54:12 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

I was wondering if their sour taste buds haven't quite developed yet. The vitamin D I have tastes incredibly sour, but DB doesn't care at all when I give it to him.

Ah! I didn't think of that. In any case, he really liked the lemon. I think part of the reason is because it was cold on his gums.

DS1 (3) has always liked lemon, still does. If we are at the market and he sees lemons, he insists I buy them and will eat them straight-up. I'm the same way.

So sorry for the choking/vomiting scares! Glad everyone is ok!

So...looks like most of you are pretty lax in the food introduction timing? Not many of you are really following the 3-5 day rule?

[Deleted]

We're still purees, but I mix them with oatmeal cereal to thicken them. He definitely likes the thicker texture better. He went on a strike about a week and a half ago and started refusing it all and screaming every time we tried to put him in the high chair. Our ped told me to just let him take a break so we took a few days off. I started him again two days ago and everything has been great since. Tonight he couldn't get enough and kept "chewing" even in between bites.

I've tried a few different regular foods with mixed to not very good results. He loves sweet potato but doesn't have the coordination to pick it up and get it into his mouth on his own. Same with bananas. Yesterday I gave him some soft, grilled zucchini spears and those were a huge hit. I'm not pushing the regular foods very hard yet. He just doesn't seem quite ready for them and the two scares mentioned in here are enough to keep me overly cautious for a while.

[erbear]

I also have a huge anxiety over her choking that I haven't gotten around. We'll be on purees for a while, I imagine.

[silv3rlining]

Dec 16, 2015 23:27:01 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Dec 16, 2015 23:22:25 GMT -5 veggiemo said:

DS1 (3) has always liked lemon, still does. If we are at the market and he sees lemons, he insists I buy them and will eat them straight-up. I'm the same way.

So sorry for the choking/vomiting scares! Glad everyone is ok!

So...looks like most of you are pretty lax in the food introduction timing? Not many of you are really following the 3-5 day rule?

I personally don't follow that 3 day rule. I Am just careful when I intro typical allergens though (peanut butter, egg, fish kinda stuff).

Ditto.and I may have chuckled when the student ped tried to push the waiting 3 days. I actually told her "you don't have to do that. " I realized after the fact that was probably rude and I should have kept the comment to myself. I did explain that we don't have a family history of food allergies. DS (2.5) was also with us. She was impressed that we (almost) made it to 6 months before intro'ing solids. I mentioned how I know it's recommended to EBF the first 6 months. And she said she agreed but just so many people don't.