Hi! FTM, my son is 4 months old, I want to start him on SOME baby food before his dad starts getting him on his own so it’s not completely dependent on bottles because his dad doesn’t even know how to make a bottle… I was going to start him around 5 months to give him a month on some foods before his dad starts getting him for multiple days, any tips, advice or suggestions to ease the transition? He is allergic to dairy and have a very sensitive stomach (another reason why I wanted to start giving him some because I’m not sure that his dad wouldn’t just give him all kinds of things behind my back ands cause problems with his stomach…)
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Dad's at least learning to make bottles, right? 😅
Both my girls started solids around 4-5 months. My eldest also had a [mild] dairy allergy, and a handful of others; if they have one, they're a little more likely to have more. (In my case, she did eventually grow out of them)
Keep track of new foods as you try them, and space them out a fair bit. I think the recommendation is to wait a few days, I just did a week in between 😅
He likely won't eat much of it. Both of mine only took a few bites the first handful of times, but once they figured it out they were big eaters ^-^
You can mix a little of his milk (whether breastmilk or prepared formula) into food to kinda ease the flavor transition.
I started with veggies both times because my mom said they'd be more likely to like veggies if you start with them 😂 idk if that's legit at all, but she did have 4 of us and we do like veggies so I ran with it lol. Carrot and squash are good starters!

He sees him once a week for 45min-1hour… so unfortunately no he’s not learning YET! And I will definitely do the mixing, thank you so much!

Once upon a farm has great and convenient baby food pouches! They have fruit and veggie ones and they have dairy free smoothie ones as well! They are organic, low sugar, you can read all of the ingredients which is literally just the fruit and veggies they put in it, and they sold at Walmart, Target or on Amazon. They do require staying refrigerated though until use so they are not a shelf stable baby food

When you first introduce solid food it’s only very small quantities that they ingest and it shouldn’t effect their milk take at all, that stays being their main source of ‘food’ until a year old. So I wouldn’t focus so much on the solids, wait until baby is ready, focus on Dad being able to parent effectively, otherwise it will be 8 months plus before him having the baby for any length of time is a possibility.

Solid foods is an app I highly recommend. I wouldn’t give him food until he’s 6m cause it’s been proven to cause more allergies especially if he’s already allergic to milk.