my daughter is going to be 5 months
tomorrow. She has been eating cereal since
4 months, and mashed bananas for the past
week or so. she used to eat the cereal
fine, but now she wont touch it. And she
used to also get so excited over bananas
and now she wont touch that either. I
breastfeed and I know that she needs more
than just the breast. Can anyone give me
some advice? She gags whenever i put
anything in her mouth, regardless or the
texture.
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Marianne0558
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Posted: 04-24-08 09:40am
Have you tried jar baby foods?
I would start off with the vegetables, so
she won't develop a sweet tooth (that is
what my doctor told me).
You can't give up no matter how much she
spits it out. She needs to be experiencing
new foods. You can start one food every 3
days. This will let you know if she has an
allergy to a certain food.
Also, those baby cereals are gross! Have
you ever tasted it?
With my daughter, she would never eat it.
I just went ahead and started getting
oatmeal.
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ladylee70
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Posted: 04-24-08 10:51am
I am sure you know that she really doesn't
technically need more than breast milk her
first year. You said that you know your
daughter needs more than just breast. How?
Just curious.
The fact that your daughter did eat food
just fine, especially bananas and is now
refusing could be just "a thing" she is
going through. That sounds frustrating. So
sorry!!
Marianne has a good point. I heard that as
well.
I am still nursing my 9 month old. I first
tried giving him rice cereal, bananas, and
some veges. He completely refused. I tried
and tried but no luck. He just wanted to
be nursed and I nursed ALL THE TIME!
Seriously, all the time. He is one hungry
lil' man. I then tried a few months later
at 8 months and he was more willing. Not
all the time, though. One day, he will
seem like he loves green beans and the
next day he turns his nose at them.
My first child, Nathan, was much easier
with food. I only nursed him for 10 weeks.
I heard that may have something to do with
it.
I guess I would try not to stress over it.
If she is still nursing just fine then it
is likely she is getting enough. My milk
supply seemed a little off at times and I
was very concerned. The doctor stated that
as long as he seemed to be gaining weight
and had wet diapers, then we didn't have
to be concerned.
Hey, I actually like the baby cereal!!
Strange - I know.
Good luck
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Marianne0558
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Posted: 04-24-08 11:00am
Gross! It tastes like how cardboard
smells.
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susie3827
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Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 53 Location: Michigan, Displaced Canadian
Posted: 04-28-08 08:17am
Saragirl: I see you are in Canada
also...try getting the Malupa Banana and
Rice cereal...it is the BEST...and mine
hated all the others...gerber,
heinz..etc..
But he LOVES the malupa especially the
banana/rice.
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Saragirl
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Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 41 Location: , Canada
Posted: 04-29-08 11:53am
i have tried Simply Kids rice cereal, she
likes that now, I have the plain Malupa
cereal and she doesn't really like it
unless i really water it down. I found out
that she had an ear infection so thats
probably why she wasn't too keen on
eating. she eats more nowadays and im
planning on getting om sweet potatoes for
her to try because i want her eating
veggies but she wont eat things that have
no sweetness factor. any other suggestion
on what jar foods i should try?
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ladybug007
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Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 2
eating issues Posted: 04-30-08 00:07am
Hi.
My second one is 4 months old and we did
not start any other food yet, but as I
remember from my first experience, my son
loved jar food called Earth's best. It is
organic food and it taste very good too( I
tast it). Also he loved prune juice.
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Lilly Ivy
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Posted: 05-11-08 02:30am
Some babies are a roller coaster at first.
Since she is 5 months, she doesn't
necessarily NEED solids. As long as she is
satisfied with the milk she is getting,
she's not going to starve. I'm with
Marianne, start with veggies first. If you
eat a banana, you're not going to want to
eat green beans afterwards, make sense? If
she doesn't want to eat solids that day,
don't force her. She may just not want to
eat solids that day.
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