Solids

Just had our 4 mont appointment and her pediatrician said we could start solids. Anyone else starting solids at 4 months??

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ours said the same thing! but i plan to wait till my lo can sit up on her own

I made an appointment for tomorrow , seems he wants solids

My lo can sit up supported and our dr said it’s our choice but we were welcome to start introducing

Similar to the comments above, our pediatrician said we could start solids like rice cereal at 4 months, but we are waiting until she can sit up and is closer to 5-6 months.

Mine said wait till 5 or 6 months

Maybe depends on baby

We just had ours today too and mine said the same, we are going to wait til a little closer to 5 months.

Yup 😊 solids is just anything other than milk. We do purées and it’s only for texture / allergen exposure she’s still getting all her nutrients from her milk but man she loves some sweet potatoes

Yes we are no meat but he loves peas

Getting ready to start! We got the green light on solids today and baby will be 5 months next week!!

4 months is when it is *safe* to start solids, generally speaking.

But there are readiness cues such as being able to sit unsupported for at least 10 minutes, strong head and neck control, loss of the tongue thrust reflex, hand raking, and interest in food that should be there before starting solids.

Our LO will be 5 months in the next 2 weeks and we plan to start closer to 6 months. At that’s even with her doctor remarking that she has great neck control, being able to sit assisted, and showing interest in food.

My doctor said wait closer to 5 months…so I’ll start then

We got the green light at our 4 month appointment and started the next day ☺️ we’ve done baby cereal and purées. He’s done great so far!

We just had our baby girls appt and they said the same thing! We were so surprised but excited! She just tried puréed bananas today but we’re gonna continue experimenting , just baby steps right now but so far baby loves it!

Thank you everyone! I’ve started cereal and it’s been almost a week and plan to do purées next specifically sweet potatoes!

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