Starting solids....

Child wrote:
We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to
formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to start
with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food is
better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single food at
a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would be
inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed sweet
potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a
crapload better than rice cereal too.

So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best?

I don't know about being a Smart Person but we started with an
oatmeal/rice blend cereal. My daughter likes it (I tried it myself,
it's not bad), it is easy to make in small quantities and we could
thicken it up as she got better with the spoon. We did that for a
couple of weeks till she got used to the process and then introduced
things like squash, carrots, green beans, applesauce, pears, banana.
When you start the solids you'll be able to tell whether you should
stick to purees for a bit or if your baby is ready for chunkier table
foods.

"Child" wrote in message
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We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to
formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to
start with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food
is better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single
food at a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what
would be inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed
sweet potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste
a crapload better than rice cereal too.

So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best?

With ds, we started with rice cereal, which he did *not* like. Our ped
suggested we add a bit of carrot to it to make it taste less like paste ;-)
and then ds went after it with gusto!

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Following up on my own post. I can see that in my haste, I answered with
my usual (lack of) clarity.

writes:
: Child writes:
: : We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to
: : formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to
start
: : with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food is
: : better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single
food at
: : a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would
be
: : inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed
sweet
: : potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a
: : crapload better than rice cereal too.

: : So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best?

: I think bananas is constipating. You should start with something
: else, and introduce it slowly to let the digestive system adapt.
: I like the idea of sweet potato. I would also recommend squash or
: plums.

Uh. The "it" was banana. I meant to start with something *other*
than banana, then when you did introduce banana, do it after you
had experience with other foods, and to add quantity slowly so as
no to exacerbate the constipation problem. Whew! I have to admit
my first attempt was much shorter! :-)


I totally understood your first attempt!!

Thank you everyone for all the solids starting advice!!

Child wrote:
We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to
formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to start
with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food is
better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single food at
a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would be
inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed sweet
potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a
crapload better than rice cereal too.

So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best?

Heh - we were out for sushi tonight, and ds#2 (5 mo) was being really
grouchy, and the waitress brought us a little dish of ripe avocado on
the house for him. I figured it might be interesting and cool on his
gums, so I grabbed a piece and let him suck/munch on it. He was utterly
disgusted! But he has the chewing method down. I think in my mind this
will be his first solids experience, instead of the french fry dh's
aunt let him suck on at 3 mo (boy was I not impressed).

So, scratch avocado for the time being. In another 3 weeks or so, we'll
start cereal with bmilk and bananas, and take it from there.

Melania

"Melania" wrote in message
Heh - we were out for sushi tonight, and ds#2 (5 mo) was being really
grouchy, and the waitress brought us a little dish of ripe avocado on
the house for him. I figured it might be interesting and cool on his
gums, so I grabbed a piece and let him suck/munch on it. He was utterly
disgusted!

I can't say I blame him, avocado is horrible, imo anyway. )
--
Sue (mom to three girls)

Sue wrote:
"Melania" wrote in message
Heh - we were out for sushi tonight, and ds#2 (5 mo) was being really
grouchy, and the waitress brought us a little dish of ripe avocado on
the house for him. I figured it might be interesting and cool on his
gums, so I grabbed a piece and let him suck/munch on it. He was utterly
disgusted!

I can't say I blame him, avocado is horrible, imo anyway. )
--
Sue (mom to three girls)



I love avocado, and so did ds#1, right from the start. DH used to say,
"don't eat that stuff, kid, don't let her do it to you!"

Looks as though we may have gotten one now who takes more after dad!

Melania

"Melania" wrote in message
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Child wrote:
We arent' planning on anything but EBM until 6 months, but starting to
formulate my philosophy on this. Suspect doctor will encourage us to
start
with rice cereal, but know that many of you smart people think food is
better. I obviously understand the reasoning behind adding a single food
at
a time - we have allergies in the family but I am not sure what would be
inherently less allergenic about rice cereal than a bit of mashed sweet
potato or banana. I am willing to bet banana or sweet potato taste a
crapload better than rice cereal too.

So tell me, Smart People. What do you think is best?

Heh - we were out for sushi tonight, and ds#2 (5 mo) was being really
grouchy, and the waitress brought us a little dish of ripe avocado on
the house for him. I figured it might be interesting and cool on his
gums, so I grabbed a piece and let him suck/munch on it. He was utterly
disgusted! But he has the chewing method down. I think in my mind this
will be his first solids experience, instead of the french fry dh's
aunt let him suck on at 3 mo (boy was I not impressed).


LOL!! I personally believe avacado is an aquired taste. All the more reason
to start early!

"Melania" wrote in message
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Sue wrote:
"Melania" wrote in message
Heh - we were out for sushi tonight, and ds#2 (5 mo) was being really
grouchy, and the waitress brought us a little dish of ripe avocado on
the house for him. I figured it might be interesting and cool on his
gums, so I grabbed a piece and let him suck/munch on it. He was utterly
disgusted!

I can't say I blame him, avocado is horrible, imo anyway. )
--
Sue (mom to three girls)



I love avocado, and so did ds#1, right from the start. DH used to say,
"don't eat that stuff, kid, don't let her do it to you!"

Looks as though we may have gotten one now who takes more after dad!


My goal is to avoid a child that only eats like his father (potatos, corn,
meat, bread) at all costs. But i think they come somewhat hard wired, dont'
they?

Child wrote:
"Melania" wrote in message
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Sue wrote:
"Melania" wrote in message
Heh - we were out for sushi tonight, and ds#2 (5 mo) was being really
grouchy, and the waitress brought us a little dish of ripe avocado on
the house for him. I figured it might be interesting and cool on his
gums, so I grabbed a piece and let him suck/munch on it. He was utterly
disgusted!

I can't say I blame him, avocado is horrible, imo anyway. )
--
Sue (mom to three girls)



I love avocado, and so did ds#1, right from the start. DH used to say,
"don't eat that stuff, kid, don't let her do it to you!"

Looks as though we may have gotten one now who takes more after dad!


My goal is to avoid a child that only eats like his father (potatos, corn,
meat, bread) at all costs. But i think they come somewhat hard wired, dont'
they?

I think you're right - ds#1 won't eat raw fruit, ANY raw fruit, under
any circumstances. He'll eat some raw vegetables, but he prefers them
cooked. Lucky for me, dh has an adventurous palate, too. Tonight we had
chicken in chocolate mole with roasted beets, sweet potato, and purple
yams, and they both ate everything without complaint. Ds#1 also learned
about marinades . . . so far I've got a boy who's interested in
cooking!

Melania