Feeding

No experience with the topic you posted but just coming to say how gorgeous your son is! What a happy little face !! :))

It is usually said to be 6 months to start solids but some babies can start sooner. Since your son is already having cereal it should be ok to try and little mashed banana in his cereal and go from there. Remember to introduce things slowly(like one or two a week) just so that if there are any adverse reactions to something it's easier to narrow down what caused it. Happy feeding mama🤗

If they meet all the requirements for starting solids, then you can start giving foods now.

Able to sit with minimal support
Good head control
Reach and grab and bring things to their mouth
Watches, mimics, and shows general interest in food.

Both my children were 5.5 months. My son's first food was pumpkin, my daughter's was chicken drumstick.

Since your cutie is still so young, maybe concentrate on introducing allergens since they take the longest to introduce. Early and often is what I was told. Easy to mix in with the oatmeal.

I recommend downloading solid starts (don't pay for it) and just look up how to serve foods at each age group

Usually peds recommend 4m+,for healthy babies to start being introduced to foods, they want those higher risk of allergy foods introduced well before a year. Personally, I do a finger painting thing with my babies, I’ll put out some puréed green beans w/ some puréed carrots at 4m & let them paint on their tray & taste fingers, the next day, if they enjoyed it & actually tasted anything, I’ll go ahead & give them some more from those jars & add a bit of melted PB to some rice cereal, but I make sure they taste it this time & keep an eye on their skin as well. I messed up w/coconut by not making sure he had enough skin contact, bc my hubs is mildly allergic, nothing dangerous, but uncomfortable, we thought he was good only to buy a detangle spay when he was nearly 2, that didn’t have coconut in high levels, gotta be careful for dad, but it was one of the lower ingredients & broke out his neck, so we had to test coconut on his skin, I’d been letting him have granola bars & felt awful😭

With both of my boys we started baby lead weaning around 4 months with the go ahead from our pediatrician.

Like others have said, you can try adding some to his cereal and/or oatmeal. Or just start giving him some puréed or mashed.

The Solid Starts app/website can be helpful for knowing the best ways to serve certain foods at a particular age.

Thank you for your help Mama’s! I really appreciate the help and support 💙🩵

U can try mashed food at 6 months.

Can you add peanut butter or any nut butter to the oatmeal? Asking because the idea popped in my head, but I honestly don’t know cause my son isn’t at that age yet.