Solids at 5 months

My little one is 5 months this week and is weighing 5.95kg so just going onto 9th centile. The children's centre where I get her weighed has suggested that I start her on purees now to help with weight gain. Does anyone else have experience with solids at 5 months? Usually it's 6 so just worried what impact starting solids a month early could have? They seem to think that it's perfectly safe

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If they’ve said it’s safe then I’d go with it 😊 my son started on purées around 4 months old because he was always hungry, he’s now 7 and still as hungry as he was back then! 🤣 my little lady is 4 months and I’m already thinking about getting ready for weaning! Good luck and enjoy it! Xx

What sorts of foods did you start with? Are you using pouches or homemade puree?

We started purées last week, my dietician advised veggie purées homemade is best so you know exactly what is in it! I bought the tommee tippee steam and blend machine which is so easy to use and convenient

The reason they say veggies first is because if you start on the lovely sweet fruits they may not want bitter greens etc.

So far we have done sweet potato, parsnip, peas, carrots, courgette, potato, butternut squash and spinach - I have a box of baby rice in case something turns out too watery as it’s quite handy to thicken out purées!

My little man is absolutely loving it, I let him dictate how much he wants (as per dietician guide) so he sometimes has a fair bit!

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