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amother
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 Wed, Oct 30 2024, 6:42 pm
The ped advised that we start my 4m old on oat cereal mixed with formula
I feel like it’s a little too young. He has great head control but is just starting to experiment with sitting up. Not rolling over yet, idk if that makes a difference
I already started giving small tastes of foods I was eating like avocado and melon to suck on and he loved but I don’t know why I’m just not ready to have him sit up and eat this kind of stuff yet.
What age did you start and what foods did you start with?
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amother
Clear
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Wed, Oct 30 2024, 6:48 pm
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I started chicken soup at 3 months. And then moved on from there. If your baby likes regular foods give it slowly why not.
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amother
Lemonchiffon
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Wed, Oct 30 2024, 6:50 pm
Pediatricians are not feeding experts.
A four month old baby's gut isn't ready to digest solids.
Grains are especially hard on the gut.
From a gut health perspective, 6-8 months is closer to the time that a baby's gut is ready for food. And grains closer to 12 months.
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cupcake123
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Wed, Oct 30 2024, 6:51 pm
I started 5-7 months.
I would start with avacado, banana, chicken...
I think the baby cereal is not the healthiest
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mushkamothers
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Wed, Oct 30 2024, 6:57 pm
| amother Lemonchiffon wrote: | Pediatricians are not feeding experts.
A four month old baby's gut isn't ready to digest solids.
Grains are especially hard on the gut.
From a gut health perspective, 6-8 months is closer to the time that a baby's gut is ready for food. And grains closer to 12 months. |
And you should start with protein and fermented foods
Cereal is the very last thing to feed a baby!!
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amother
Jetblack
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Wed, Oct 30 2024, 7:00 pm
I have five children and they all started eating at different times. My current baby who is 7 months old now started eating the earliest of all my kids. He was grabbing at about 3 months already and throwing things into his mouth. He happens not to like cereal so I really don't give it to him. I give him pouches of pureed food and also wtvr we are eating that he can eat. But when I did take him to the doctor when he was 4 months old my doctor actually told me if I can to hold off until he's 6, 7 months old for food. I ended after feeding him because he was grabbing it anyway.
If he hadn't been grabbing and putting things into his mouth anyways I probably would have waited till about now to start him on food.
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amother
Birch
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Wed, Oct 30 2024, 7:01 pm
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My oldest is late thirties and we were encouraged to start solids at 3.5 months. I know, who even thinks about it before 6+. But I just heard that parents are introducing solids at 4 months.
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amother
Chicory
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Wed, Oct 30 2024, 7:06 pm
| amother OP wrote: | The ped advised that we start my 4m old on oat cereal mixed with formula
I feel like it’s a little too young. He has great head control but is just starting to experiment with sitting up. Not rolling over yet, idk if that makes a difference
I already started giving small tastes of foods I was eating like avocado and melon to suck on and he loved but I don’t know why I’m just not ready to have him sit up and eat this kind of stuff yet.
What age did you start and what foods did you start with? | I waited until 6 months when baby could sit up by himself and started introducing real foods like banana, mango, avocado and chicken. Never gave the cereal, I think it’s kind of outdated.
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