when to start baby on baby foods ? Posted: 04-13-08 21:51pm
and juices? my son is 3 months old now and
acts like hes always starving to death,
even after a bottle. should i mix a lil
bit of rice cereal in his bottle? when can
i start him on baby foods? << and what
type of food do i start him on? fruits,
veggies, meats?
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Posted: 04-14-08 13:26pm
No, don't start just yet. Rice has no
nutritional value and he needs the
nutrition he is getting from formula. How
much are you feeding him every day. You
can try giving him 6 ounces of formula at
this point, depending on his size. More
frequent feedings will help as well. He
may just need a little more than usual
right now because of a growth spurt.
You baby is ready to start eating regular
foods when he can use his tongue to move
the food to the back of his mouth. This
is usually around 4 months or even later
for a lot of babies. I usually start
giving my babies a start in food around 5
months. I know you are not breastfeeding,
but most doctors recommend breastfeeding
exclusively for the first 6 months, and I
try to do that....lol. But that means
that they can live on just formula or
breastmilk exclusively for that lone.
When you do start with food, you need to
start out slowly with cereal, even mix a
little of his formula in the cereal to
give it a familiar taste. You will need to
feed him when he is not hungry at first so
that he will not become aggravated and
upset that the only food available is
something he doesn't know how to eat yet.
Starting solid foods is a learning
process.
After he has the hang of watered down
cereal, you can mix some of the first
steps jars (or your own pureed) veggies
and fruits into the cereal or even give
him them plain. He will have his own
likes and dislikes, so it might take a
while to figure that out. I heard that
you should start them out with veggies
before fruits because they will always
like the sweeter fruits more, but I've had
babies that like both.
I hope that's enough info for you for now.
If you have any more concerns, please
ask.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 04-14-08 13:30pm
Oh btw, juice isn't necessary. He will
get all the fluids he needs from his
formula. The juice will just fill him up
temporarily. I don't even give my babies
any juice until after a year old when they
are eating almost all regular food.
Always give your children watered down
juice because of the high sugar content
being bad for their teeth and health.
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Marianne0558
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Posted: 04-14-08 13:30pm
My daughter's pediatrician said to start
her on vegetables at 3 months. He said not
to start on fruits because babies develop
"sweet tooths" and are likely to refuse
any variety.
Mixing rice cereal isn't going to do
anything nutritional for your baby. Yes,
it has vitamins and stuff in it, but it
really only fills their bellies.
Ask your child's pediatrician when they
recommend starting on jar foods/rice
cereal.
No, don't start just yet.
Rice has no nutritional value and he needs
the nutrition he is getting from formula.
How much are you feeding him every day.
You can try giving him 6 ounces of formula
at this point, depending on his size.
More frequent feedings will help as well.
He may just need a little more than usual
right now because of a growth spurt.
You baby is ready to start eating regular
foods when he can use his tongue to move
the food to the back of his mouth. This
is usually around 4 months or even later
for a lot of babies. I usually start
giving my babies a start in food around 5
months. I know you are not breastfeeding,
but most doctors recommend breastfeeding
exclusively for the first 6 months, and I
try to do that....lol. But that means
that they can live on just formula or
breastmilk exclusively for that lone.
I feed him 10-14 bottles a day. At night
he eats about 6 ozs a feeding, during the
day he eats 6-8ozs & still acts
hungry. I'd still breastfeed but couldnt
produce enough for his demands and had to
switch. (maybe next time, i
hope) his tounge reflex or w/e seems good,
he dosnt push anything out. i let him try
a lil bit of rice cereal & he ate it
just fine (was only 1 bite tho) so who
knows, but he seems "ready" i just dont
wanna rush it but dont want him starving
either. my son is a lil over 17 pounds at
3 months and ppl always say hes fat and i
feel bad but iits not like i shove a
bottle in his mouth everytime he cries. i
try various things first, and at the end
of over a dozen of tries he will only stop
when hes fed. so i feed him. i dont just
try a dozen things for 1 min, i do over a
dozen things for 3-5 mins if not longer
till i try to find out something else hed
like to do. but usually it comes back to
just wanting to be fed. ty for your
advice. =) this my 1st baby^^
When you do start with food, you need to
start out slowly with cereal, even mix a
little of his formula in the cereal to
give it a familiar taste. You will need to
feed him when he is not hungry at first so
that he will not become aggravated and
upset that the only food available is
something he doesn't know how to eat yet.
Starting solid foods is a learning
process.
After he has the hang of watered down
cereal, you can mix some of the first
steps jars (or your own pureed) veggies
and fruits into the cereal or even give
him them plain. He will have his own
likes and dislikes, so it might take a
while to figure that out. I heard that
you should start them out with veggies
before fruits because they will always
like the sweeter fruits more, but I've had
babies that like both.
I hope that's enough info for you for now.
If you have any more concerns, please
ask.
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Posted: 05-11-08 02:02am
Unless they want to eat from a spoon,
there's no need to give them solids. Like
mominashoe said, they can live exclusively
on milk alone for the first 6 months. My
goal is to breastfeed only for 6 months,
then start rice cereal, then veggies.
Plans can change, but even if my doc says
to start on solids at 3 months, I probably
won't listen. IMO, it's MY baby, "I" know
what's best, a doctors opinion is only one
opinion, and I have more than one opinion
telling me not to start solids at 3
months.
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(maybe next time, i
hope) his tounge reflex or w/e seems good,
he dosnt push anything out. i let him try
a lil bit of rice cereal & he ate it
just fine (was only 1 bite tho) so who
knows, but he seems "ready" i just dont
wanna rush it but dont want him starving
either. my son is a lil over 17 pounds at
3 months and ppl always say hes fat and i
feel bad but iits not like i shove a
bottle in his mouth everytime he cries. i
try various things first, and at the end
of over a dozen of tries he will only stop
when hes fed. so i feed him. i dont just
try a dozen things for 1 min, i do over a
dozen things for 3-5 mins if not longer
till i try to find out something else hed
like to do. but usually it comes back to
just wanting to be fed. ty for your
advice. =) this my 1st baby^^
