Baby food?!

I started beechnut brand puréed fruits, veggies, and oatmeal for level 1 (supported sitters) at 4 months, and my day has done great with them! It’s been so much fun watching her develop likes and dislikes.

my mom told me it’s too soon to start puréed foods but I truly don’t think so. I’ve read between 4 and 6 months. I’m definitely going to start like 2 TBSP’s a day with my son of veggies to see what happens.

Our pediatrician also said to wait until 6 months. But my son (almost 5 months) is super interested in food. Tries to grab our forks while we're eating, will open his mouth for a spoon, etc. So I definitely think he's ready. I know a lot of people start at 4 months. I think it all depends on if your baby is showing signs they're ready and also if they have enough hea/neck strength also.

my son watches us like a hawk when we eat food, even sometimes leans in. He watches the fork go from the plate to our mouth and just looks shocked like “why did I not get any?”🤣

We go straight to solids. 5 months on the 9th. Almost meeting the general requirements for solids. She’s sucked on a cooked baby carrot and some watermelon.

We did this with our first and it worked out really well.

Exactly! Mine does the same and then will copy us and move his mouth while we're chewing. It's crazy how much they learn just from watching us.

I started my baby girl a week and some change before she turned 4 months, as per recommended by her GI doctor. She'll be 5 months on the 14th.

Honestly she's been ready since she turned 3 months lol. So when the GI told us that, it was kinda relieving. Before we had to hide eating in front of her. Now I've learned to feed myself while also giving her a spoonful 😂

I learned that she really likes sweet things. I've tried all the veggies they recommend for 4 months, but the only ones she liked were sweet potatoes lol. But she loves fruit. So once I try something she doesn't like, and I gave her time to know she won't have a reaction, I mix it with something I know she definitely likes... Currently blueberry/carrot is her fave.

my pediatrician said as long as they have full head control and can sit up with a little bit of support it’s fine.

My pediatrician said it was fine as long as he’s reaching those milestones to eat my baby has been tasting since 4 months but mainly still feeds off breastmilk

My pediatrician told us we can start as soon as he's able to sit assisted and able to turn from side to side
So we started about a week ago
My little guy is 5 months on the 6th and it's been great😊

I have already started food before he was 4 months, my mom said it was fine, my aunt started her kids on food way before 4 months. He started on easy foods like sweet potato, banana, and apples. Then went to veggies and yogurt lately. I don't see any harm in doing it.

I started both kids at 4months with the approval of our pediatrician. I make my own but will buy things like plums/prunes and green beans (hate dealing with the strings) and will buy some variety for travel. I get Gerber Brand when I buy, or the cheap pouches at Aldi.
The first week or two I start with 3-4 bites per meal and offer it 3x a day. Then just slowly increasing the amount as they figure out what to do.
I start with single foods until I work through everything I can to make sure there's no sensitivities then I'll start mixing foods or feeding combos. I don't usually feed just cereal but if there's a food that's extra runny I mix it in

We started at 4 months per our pediatrician, he’s had sweet potato, pear, strawberry, banana and nectarine so far. Pear was definitely the favorite. I do one food by itself for 2-3 days then move on to something else. I am going to try prunes next to help with constipation

Our pediatrician said our baby should be on mostly food by now and smaller bottles. But personally don’t agree with him. She is sitting up but not all the way there yet. She eats oatmeal, fruit, and carrots and rice. She eats any stage 1 foods. But she still drinks 5 oz every feed and they told us to wait 2 hrs after she eats to give her a bottle.. well that doesn’t work for her. She wants her bottle right after. I do notice the more she eats in the day the better she sleeps at night. She’s shown a lot of signs that she was ready for food but we don’t do any poultry or meats. I think it’s just based on your judgement. You know your baby best!!

I refuse to start solids till bare minimum 6m, signs of readiness mean nothing when their gut isn’t closed till about that point. Peds doctors don’t specialize on the feeding topic like GI doctors, dietitians, nutritionist, IBCLC. Feeding them early can cause them to have a high risk of issues later in life. With my first I did BLW never purred and just offered a little at a time. By 8months she was eating a thin pork loin and shrimp on her own. With my second (November baby) I plan on doing the same.

My LG just had her first sweet potato puree today, she's 5 months +1 week.